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Shloka 11

मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā

वेदस्योपनिषत्‌ सत्यं सत्यस्योपनिषद्‌ दम: । दमस्योपनिषद्‌ दानं दानस्योपनिषत्‌ तपः,वेदका सार है सत्य वचन, सत्यका सार है इन्द्रियोंका संयम, संयमका सार है दान और दानका सार है तपस्या

vedasyopaniṣat satyaṃ satyasyopaniṣad damaḥ | damasyopaniṣad dānaṃ dānasyopaniṣat tapaḥ ||

قال فياسا: «إنّ لبَّ الفيدا وباطنها (الأوبانيشاد) هو الصدق؛ ولبَّ الصدق هو ضبط النفس (دَمَه). ولبُّ ضبط النفس هو العطاء والصدقة (دانَه)، ولبُّ العطاء هو التَّقشّف والزهد العملي (تَبَس)؛ أي المجاهدة الروحية المنضبطة. وهكذا تمضي التعاليم من صدق القول والاستقامة، إلى قهر الحواس، ثم إلى السخاء، وأخيرًا إلى السعي الروحي الملتزم بوصفه أعمق سندٍ للحياة الأخلاقية.»

वेदस्यof the Veda
वेदस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
उपनिषत्the essence/secret teaching (Upanishad)
उपनिषत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपनिषद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सत्यस्यof truth
सत्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
उपनिषत्the essence
उपनिषत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपनिषद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दमःself-control (restraint)
दमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दमस्यof self-control
दमस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
उपनिषत्the essence
उपनिषत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपनिषद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दानम्giving, charity
दानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दानस्यof giving
दानस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
उपनिषत्the essence
उपनिषत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपनिषद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
V
Veda
U
Upaniṣad (as ‘essence/inner teaching’)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents a graded ethical hierarchy: truth is the heart of sacred knowledge; truth is sustained by self-restraint; self-restraint expresses itself through generosity; and the deepest foundation of generosity is tapas—disciplined austerity that purifies motives and strengthens virtue.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma after the war, Vyāsa delivers a concise aphoristic teaching, summarizing how inner virtues support one another and culminate in tapas as the sustaining discipline behind truthful, restrained, and generous living.