Shloka 2
कुन्ती–व्याससंवादः
Kuntī–Vyāsa Dialogue on Durvāsā’s Boon and Karṇa’s Birth
वन॑ प्रविशतानेन वायुभक्षेण धीमता । अग्नय: कारयित्वेष्टिमुत्सृष्टा इति न: श्रुतम्
vanaṁ praviśatānena vāyubhakṣeṇa dhīmatā | agnayaḥ kārayitveṣṭim utsṛṣṭā iti naḥ śrutam |
Nārada nói: “Chúng ta nghe rằng khi vị vua hiền trí ấy—sống chỉ nhờ hơi gió—sắp bước vào rừng sâu, ngài đã nhờ các tư tế cử hành lễ iṣṭi, rồi bỏ lại tại đó ba ngọn lửa thiêng.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic transition into renunciation: even when withdrawing from household life, one should conclude obligations properly—here, by arranging a final iṣṭi and formally relinquishing the sacred fires—showing that renunciation is disciplined, not careless abandonment.
Nārada reports what is traditionally heard: as the wise king, practicing extreme austerity (living on air), prepares to enter the forest, he has priests perform an iṣṭi rite and then leaves behind the three ritual fires, marking his departure from domestic sacrificial life.