Shloka 56
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
देवयानेन नाकस्य पृष्ठमाप्नोति भारत | भारत! जो वेदोंकी आज्ञाके विरुद्ध चलते हैं
devayānena nākasya pṛṣṭham āpnoti bhārata | bhārata! ye vedānām ājñāyā viruddhaṁ caranti, tān mahān nāstikān vijānīyāt | vedājñāṁ laṅghayitvā sarvathā karmāṇi kurvann api na kaścid brāhmaṇo devayāna-mārgeṇa svargalokasya pṛṣṭhabhūmau pādaṁ nidhātuṁ śaknoti ||
那俱罗说道：“噢，婆罗多啊，循诸神之道（天道，devayāna）可达天界高处。然而，违逆吠陀而行者，当视为大不信者。纵使婆罗门行尽诸般仪式与行为，若违犯吠陀戒命，也不能凭天道踏上天界之门槛。”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit and spiritual ascent are not secured by sheer quantity of actions or rituals; they depend on conformity to Vedic injunctions. Transgressing Vedic authority marks one as nāstika in the orthodox sense and blocks the devayāna route to heaven.
Nakula addresses a Bharata-descended listener and asserts a normative rule: those who act against the Vedas are to be deemed serious unbelievers, and even a Brahmin cannot attain heaven via devayāna if he violates Vedic commands.