Shloka 33
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
अनिष्ट्वा च महायज्ञैरकृत्वा च पितृस्वधाम् | तीर्थेष्वनभिसम्प्लुत्य प्रव्रजिष्पसि चेत् प्रभो
aniṣṭvā ca mahāyajñair akṛtvā ca pitṛsvadhām | tīrtheṣv anabhisamplutya pravrajiṣyasi cet prabho ||
那俱罗说道：“大王啊，若你未行大祭，未为祖灵（Pitṛ）奉献应尽之‘斯瓦达’祭食，又未在诸圣渡口沐浴，便遽然出家求离欲，则必将毁灭——如云团被狂风撕裂，四散飘零。既失此世，亦失彼世，你将如特里商库一般，悬滞于两界之间。”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Nakula stresses that renunciation should not be taken up while neglecting one’s prior dharmic obligations—especially major sacrifices, ancestral rites (śrāddha/svadhā), and purificatory pilgrimages. Otherwise, one risks losing merit and stability in both worldly and otherworldly spheres.
Nakula addresses a revered superior (“prabho”), warning him against prematurely leaving for the renunciant life. He uses vivid similes—clouds shredded by wind and the figure of Triśaṅku suspended between realms—to argue that abandoning prescribed duties can lead to spiritual and social ruin.