Shloka 9

Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share

Devanagari script

ज्ञानं विज्ञानमारोग्यं रूपं सम्पत्‌ तथैव च | सौभाग्यं चैव तपसा प्राप्यते भरतर्षभ,'भरतश्रेष्ठ! ज्ञान, विज्ञान, आरोग्य, रूप, सम्पत्ति तथा सौभाग्य भी तपस्यासे प्राप्त होते हैं

Transliteration

jñānaṃ vijñānam ārogyaṃ rūpaṃ sampat tathaiva ca | saubhāgyaṃ caiva tapasā prāpyate bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Stier unter den Bharatas, durch Tapas (strenge asketische Übung) erlangt man Wissen und verwirklichte Einsicht, Gesundheit, Schönheit, Wohlstand und auch gutes Geschick.“

Word by Word

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विज्ञानम्: discernment; special knowledge
• विज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रूपम्: beauty; form
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सम्पत्: prosperity; wealth
• सम्पत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तपसा: by austerity; through penance
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive (Karmani)

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (honorific addressee from the Bharata lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined austerity (tapas)—self-restraint, sustained effort, and ethical-spiritual practice—is a root cause for both inner attainments (knowledge and realized wisdom) and outer well-being (health, beauty, prosperity, and good fortune).

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-oriented discourse, Vaiśampāyana states a general dharmic principle to the Bharata addressee: tapas is presented as a powerful means that yields multiple forms of human flourishing, linking moral-spiritual effort with tangible and intangible results.