Shloka 27
Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)
नैष मृत्युरनिष्टो नो निःसृतानां गृहात् स्वयम् । जलमग्निस्तथा वायुरथवापि विकर्षणम्
naiṣa mṛtyur aniṣṭo no niḥsṛtānāṃ gṛhāt svayam | jalam agnis tathā vāyur athavāpi vikarṣaṇam ||
那罗陀说道：“对于我们这些自愿离家出世之人，这样的死亡不应被视为不祥。无论是因水、因火、因风，甚至被拖拽而去——对已行遁世、坚守所择之道者而言，这些结局都无可指责。”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
For one who has voluntarily renounced household life, the manner of death is not to be feared or judged as inauspicious; ethical emphasis is on inner detachment and steadfastness in the renunciant’s dharma rather than on external circumstances.
Nārada addresses those who have left worldly life, reassuring them that death—whether by natural elements like water, fire, or wind, or even by violent force—should not be considered an ‘undesirable’ end for renunciants, framing their situation within the values of vairāgya (dispassion) and dharma.