Shloka 9
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
अनवेक्ष्य सुखादानं तथैवोर्ध्व प्रतिष्ठित: । आत्मत्यागी महाराज स त्यागी तामसो मतः
anavekṣya sukhādānaṃ tathaivordhva-pratiṣṭhitaḥ | ātmatyāgī mahārāja sa tyāgī tāmaso mataḥ ||
那俱罗说道：“大王啊，有人连居家之道应有的享受与责任都未曾经历，却自立于所谓更高的阶段，如林居等，继而舍弃此身；如此的舍弃，被认为是昏暗迷妄的‘多摩萨’式出离。”
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renunciation is not automatically virtuous: abandoning life or taking up ‘higher’ ascetic stages without first understanding and fulfilling appropriate duties (especially the disciplined, dharmic household stage) is judged as tāmasa—driven by confusion or escapism rather than clarity and righteousness.
Nakula addresses the king and classifies a certain kind of renouncer: someone who bypasses the lived experience and responsibilities of household life, adopts later āśramas, and then gives up the body; Nakula states that such ‘tyāga’ is considered tāmasa.