Shloka 1
अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्
Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas
अफ-४#-का- - सत्त्वगगुण भी सुख और ज्ञानके सम्बन्धसे बाँधनेवाला होता है। “मैं सुखी हूँ
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | gṛhastho brahmacārī vā vānaprastho ’tha bhikṣukaḥ | ya icchet siddhim āsthātuṁ devatāṁ kāṁ yajeta saḥ ||
由提湿陀罗问道：“祖父啊！无论是居家者、持梵行的学子、林栖者，还是行乞的出离者——若欲成就灵性之功，当礼敬供奉哪一位天神？”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic inquiry: across all four āśramas (stages of life), the seeker’s goal is siddhi (true spiritual attainment), and the key practical question is whom to worship—implying that right devotion and right object of worship are central to progress, regardless of social stage.
In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as ‘Pitamaha’ and asks for authoritative guidance: among householders, students, forest-dwellers, and renunciants, which deity should be worshipped by one who seeks the highest accomplishment.