Shloka 4
Adhyāya 348: Nāga–Nīgabhāryā Saṃvāda on Anger, Hope, and Ethical Response
तस्मिन्नेवा श्रमे रम्ये तेपतुस्तप उत्तमम् | तत्पश्चात् वे विख्यात तपस्वी नर-नारायण ऋषि भी पुनः उसी रमणीय आश्रममें रहते हुए उत्तम तपस्यामें संलग्न हो गये ।।
tasminn eva śrame ramye tepuḥ tapa uttamam | tatpaścāt tu vikhyātau tapasvī nara-nārāyaṇau ṛṣī punar api tasmin ramye āśrame vasantaḥ uttama-tapasyāṃ saṃlagnau babhūvatuḥ || tvam api amita-vikrāntaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ kulodvahaḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：就在那清丽可喜的精舍中，他们修行了至上的苦行。其后，那两位闻名的苦行者——那罗与那罗延二仙——又复居于那幽美的住处，专志于无上的修持。而你亦然，勇力无量者，你乃般度族裔之擎柱。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates tapas (disciplined austerity) as a supreme means of ethical and spiritual refinement, and links personal excellence to responsibility—one who is powerful should also be a sustainer of dharmic lineage and conduct.
Vaiśampāyana describes Nara and Nārāyaṇa returning to a beautiful hermitage and resuming intense austerities; the address then turns to a listener praised as a mighty bearer of the Pāṇḍava family line.