Shloka 80

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 3 — Janamejaya’s Rite, Dhaumya’s Parīkṣā, and Uttanka’s Kuṇḍala Quest (सर्पसत्रप्रस्तावना–गुरुपरीक्षा–उत्तङ्कोपाख्यान)

Devanagari script

तत्परितोषाच्च श्रेय: सर्वज्ञतां चावाप | एषा तस्यापि परीक्षा वेदस्य,गुरुके संतोषसे वेदने श्रेय तथा सर्वज्ञता प्राप्त कर ली। इस प्रकार यह वेदकी परीक्षाका वृत्तान्त कहा गया

Transliteration

tatparitoṣāc ca śreyaḥ sarvajñatāṃ cāvāpa | eṣā tasyāpi parīkṣā vedasya |

Translation

Durch diese (des Guru) Zufriedenheit erlangte er wahres Heil und zudem Allwissenheit. Dies war die Prüfung Vedas: Wer im Gurukula den Lehrer erfreut, gewinnt das höchste Gut und umfassende Erkenntnis. So wird der Bericht von Vedas Prüfung erzählt.

Word by Word

• तत्: from that
• तत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• परितोषात्: from satisfaction/pleasure
• परितोषात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परितोष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• श्रेयः: the highest good, welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वज्ञताम्: omniscience
• सर्वज्ञताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्ञता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अवाप: obtained, attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• guru (teacher)
• Veda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred learning is validated not only by recitation but by character and service: pleasing the teacher through disciplined conduct is presented as a decisive ‘test’ that yields śreyaḥ (the highest good) and comprehensive understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker states that the protagonist, by satisfying his guru, attained welfare and omniscience; this is framed as an account of how the Veda itself ‘tests’ a student—through the requirement of guru-satisfaction in the gurukula.