Shloka 3
दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food
प्रायश्षित्तकथा होषा भक्ष्याभक्ष्यविवर्जिता | कौतूहलानुप्रवणा हर्ष जनयतीव मे
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Prāyaścittakathā hy eṣā bhakṣyābhakṣyavivarjitā | Kautūhalānupravāṇā harṣaṁ janayatīva me ||
بھکش्य و اَبھکش्य کے جھگڑے سے پاک، روزہ نما اس پرایَشچِتّ کی یہ گفتگو میرے دل میں بڑا تجسّس جگاتی ہے؛ گویا میرے باطن میں ہَرش پیدا کرتی ہے۔
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yudhiṣṭhira values expiation as an inner ethical process, not merely a ritual centered on dietary rules; true prāyaścitta should cultivate clarity, restraint, and moral renewal.
In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira responds to a discourse on prāyaścitta, expressing that a treatment of penance not preoccupied with food-permitted/forbidden distinctions fills him with curiosity and a hopeful joy.