Shloka 58
Devanagari script
एवं सुतपसा चैव हव्यकव्यैस्तथैव च
Transliteration
evaṃ sutapasā caiva havyakavyais tathaiva ca
Translation
„Ebenso auch durch strenge Askese und ebenso durch die havyakavya-Opfergaben, die den Göttern und den Ahnen dargebracht werden.“
Word by Word
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
सुतपसाby good austerity / by well-performed penance
सुतपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed, just, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
हव्यकव्यैःby oblations to gods and offerings to ancestors
हव्यकव्यैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहव्यकव्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
तथाlikewise, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
देव उवाच
Characters & Entities
द
देव (a deity, speaker)ह
हव्य (offerings to gods)क
कव्य (offerings to ancestors/pitṛs)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse links inner discipline (tapas) with outward dharmic action (havya and kavya offerings), implying that spiritual merit and ethical order are sustained through both self-restraint and properly directed ritual duties to gods and ancestors.
A deity, continuing an instruction in Śānti Parva, enumerates means by which a goal is attained or merit is secured—stating that it is achieved ‘thus’ not only through austerity but also through the prescribed offerings to devas (havya) and to pitṛs (kavya).