Shloka 53

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वास्तदा लोकान्‌ ब्राह्मणो$नुचचार ह । कुण्डधारप्रसादेन तपसा सिद्धिमागत:

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvāstadā lokān brāhmaṇo'nucacāra ha | kuṇḍadhāraprasādena tapasā siddhimāgataḥ ||

Translation

তাৰ পিছত কুণ্ডধাৰৰ প্ৰসাদে তপস্যাৰ দ্বাৰা সিদ্ধি লাভ কৰি সেই ব্ৰাহ্মণ সকলো লোকত বিচৰণ কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে।

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सर्वान्all

तदाat that time

लोकान्worlds/realms; people

ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin

अनुचचारwent after; traversed; followed

हindeed (emphatic particle)

कुण्डधारप्रसादेनby the favor/grace of Kuṇḍadhāra

तपसाby austerity; through penance

सिद्धिम्success; attainment; perfection

आगतःhaving attained; having reached

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

brāhmaṇa

Kuṇḍadhāra

lokāḥ (worlds/realms)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Austerity (tapas) bears fruit as genuine spiritual accomplishment (siddhi) when grounded in dharma and supported by the grace (prasāda) of the virtuous; attainment is portrayed as the result of disciplined practice and rightful blessing, not mere ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that a brāhmaṇa, having gained siddhi through tapas and through Kuṇḍadhāra’s favor, then traversed all the worlds—signaling the expansive reach or freedom that follows spiritual perfection.