Shloka 6
धृतराष्ट्र–दुर्योधन संवादः
Vāraṇāvata-vivāsana-nīti: Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Duryodhana’s Policy Dialogue
ततो जानपदीं नाम देवकन्यां सुरेश्वर: । प्राहिणोत् तपसो विघ्नं कुरु तस्येति कौरव,कौरव! तब देवराजने जानपदी नामकी एक देवकन्याको उनके पास भेजा और यह आदेश दिया कि “तुम शरद्वानकी तपस्यामें विघ्न डालो”
tato jānapadīṃ nāma devakanyāṃ sureśvaraḥ | prāhiṇot tapaso vighnaṃ kuru tasyeti kaurava ||
于是，诸神之主派遣一位名为阇那波提（Jānapadī）的天女前往，并吩咐道：“噢，俱卢后裔啊，去阻挠他的苦行。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tapas is portrayed as a potent moral-spiritual force that can challenge established power; the narrative cautions that even divine authorities may act defensively, using temptation or disruption, raising questions about the ethics of ends versus means.
Indra, concerned about the ascetic’s growing power through austerity, sends the celestial maiden Jānapadī with the explicit instruction to create an obstacle to his tapas—an archetypal Mahābhārata motif of testing or derailing ascetic practice.