Shloka 873
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
Devanagari script
असंकरेण धर्मेण तस्माद् गच्छ दिवं द्विज । “अतः ब्रह्मन! तुम अपने ब्रह्मचर्य, दान, यज्ञ, तप तथा संकरतारहित धर्मके प्रभावसे स्वर्गलोकमें चलो
Transliteration
asaṅkareṇa dharmeṇa tasmād gaccha divaṃ dvija |
Translation
অতএব, হে দ্বিজ! অসংকর, অকলুষ ধর্মের প্রভাবে স্বর্গলোকে গমন করো—ব্রহ্মচর্য, দান, যজ্ঞ ও তপস্যায় দীপ্ত সেই শুদ্ধ ধর্মের বলেই।
Word by Word
असंकरेणby/with non-mixture (unconfused, free from admixture)
असंकरेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअसङ्कर
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
धर्मेणby/with dharma, righteousness
धर्मेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तस्मात्therefore, from that reason
तस्मात्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मद् (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छgo
गच्छ:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormImperative, Second, Singular
दिवम्to heaven, the heavenly world
दिवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (दिव)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
द्विजO twice-born (brahmin)
द्विज:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
श्षशुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
śvaśura (father-in-law, speaker)D
dvija (the addressed Brahmin/twice-born)D
divaṃ (svarga/heaven)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
That dharma must be practiced without compromise or contamination (asaṅkara). Such integrity in righteousness is presented as a direct cause of spiritual merit and attainment of heaven.
A father-in-law addresses a twice-born man and urges him to proceed to heaven, attributing this destiny to the man’s practice of an unmixed, undefiled dharma.