Shloka 18

माधवी-प्रदानम् (Mādhavī Offered to Gālava) — Udyoga Parva 113

Devanagari script

तपस: संविभागेन भवन्तमपि योक्ष्यते । स्वेन राजर्षितपसा पूर्ण त्वां पूरयिष्यति,अपनी तपस्याके एक अंशसे ये आपको भी संयुक्त करेंगे। यद्यपि आप अपनी राजर्षिजनोचित तपस्यासे पूर्ण हैं, तथापि ये अपने ब्राह्म तपसे आपको और भी परिपूर्ण करेंगे

Transliteration

tapasaḥ saṁvibhāgena bhavantam api yokṣyate | svena rājarṣitapasā pūrṇa tvāṁ pūrayiṣyati ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Indem er einen Teil seiner Askese teilt, wird er auch dich an ihrem Verdienst teilhaben lassen. Obgleich du durch die einem Königs-Ṛṣi (rājarṣi) geziemende Entsagung bereits vollendet bist, wird er dich durch seinen eigenen brahmanischen Tapas noch vollkommener machen.“

Word by Word

तपसःof austerity / by austerity's

संविभागेनby (a) sharing / apportionment

भवन्तम्you (honorific)

अपिalso / even

योक्ष्यतेwill join / will unite

स्वेनby one's own

राजर्षि-तपसाby the austerity of a royal sage

पूर्णःfull / complete

त्वाम्you

पूरयिष्यतिwill fill / will make complete

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Tapas is not only personal discipline but can also be shared as spiritual support: a person already established in righteous, kingly self-restraint (rājarṣi-tapas) may still be further strengthened by the brahmanical austerity of another, emphasizing humility and the complementary roles of kṣatriya and brāhmaṇa virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada reassures the addressed person that someone (implied in context) will contribute a portion of his ascetic merit to them, ‘yoking’ them to that spiritual power; even though the listener is already ‘complete’ through royal-sage discipline, the other’s brahmanical tapas will augment and perfect them further.