Shloka 93
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
न जरा क्षुत्पिपासे वा न मृत्युर्न भयं नृप । वहाँ न अधिक गर्मी पड़ती है न विशेष ठंढक
na jarā kṣutpipāse vā na mṛtyur na bhayaṁ nṛpa |
三婆尔多（Saṁvarta）说道：“大王啊，彼处无老，无饥渴之苦；无死，亦无怖畏。那山中居处被称为远离凡常逼迫之境——在此，形体之需与生存之惧不再驱使人行事。”
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an idealized state where basic bodily compulsions (hunger, thirst), decline (old age), and the ultimate threat (death) are absent; ethically, it points to freedom from fear and need as conditions that remove many causes of adharma and suffering.
Saṁvarta addresses a king and describes a wondrous mountain-like realm where ordinary human vulnerabilities do not operate—setting a tone of marvel and spiritual aspiration within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s broader post-war discourse.