Shloka 2

जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः

Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga

Devanagari script

यस्त्वेतां नियतश्चर्या ब्रद्मर्षिविहितां चरेत्‌ स दहेदग्निवद्दोषान्‌ जयेल्लोकांश् दुर्जयान्‌

Transliteration

yas tv etāṁ niyataś caryāṁ brahmarṣi-vihitāṁ caret | sa dahed agni-vad doṣān jayel lokāṁś durjayān ||

Translation

Bharadvāja said: Whoever, with disciplined restraint, practices this regulated mode of conduct laid down by the brahmarṣis—this rule of life for the forest-dweller—burns away his faults like fire and attains those hard-to-win worlds.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• एताम्: this
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नियतः: disciplined/regulated
• नियतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चर्याम्: conduct/practice
• चर्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मर्षि-विहिताम्: prescribed by brahmarishis
• ब्रह्मर्षि-विहिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि+धा)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चरेत्: should practice/observe
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दहेत्: would burn up
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अग्नि-वत्: like fire
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्नि + वत् (तद्धित)

• दोषान्: faults/defects
• दोषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जयेत्: would conquer/attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दुर्जयान्: hard to win/attain
• दुर्जयान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• brahmarṣis
• agni (fire)
• lokas (worlds/realms)
• vānaprastha-dharma (forest-dweller discipline)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined observance of the brahmarṣis’ prescribed forest-dweller conduct (vānaprastha-dharma) purifies a person: faults are ‘burned’ like fuel in fire, and the practitioner becomes fit to attain higher, difficult-to-reach realms.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bharadvāja is explaining the fruit of properly practicing a regulated ascetic/forest regimen: moral impurities are destroyed and the practitioner ‘wins’ exalted worlds that are otherwise hard to attain.