Shloka 25

Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)

Devanagari script

एवं मन:समाधान मार्गमातिष्ठतो नृप । द्विजातेब्रह्म भूतस्य स्पृहयन्ति दिवौकस:,नरेश्वर! चित्तको एकाग्र करना-रूप जो साधन है उसका आश्रय लेकर ब्रह्मभूत हुए द्विजके दर्शनकी अभिलाषा देवता भी रखते हैं

Transliteration

evaṁ manaḥ-samādhāna-mārgam ātiṣṭhato nṛpa | dvijātibrahma-bhūtasya spṛhayanti divaukasaḥ ||

Translation

Nakula said: “O king, when a twice-born has become ‘brahman-realized’ by firmly taking to the path of steadying the mind in concentration, even the dwellers of heaven long for the sight of such a person.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• मनः-समाधान-मार्गम्: the path of mental concentration/settling of the mind
• मनः-समाधान-मार्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् + समाधान + मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आतिष्ठतः: he undertakes/stands upon (follows)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्विजाति-ब्रह्म-भूतस्य: of the twice-born who has become Brahman (brahma-bhūta)
• द्विजाति-ब्रह्म-भूतस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विजाति + ब्रह्म + भूत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्पृहयन्ति: they desire/long for
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृह्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Active

• दिवौकसः: the dwellers in heaven; gods
• दिवौकसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• nṛpa (the king addressed)
• divaukasaḥ (gods/heaven-dwellers)
• dvijāti (twice-born person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that steadfast mental composure and concentration (manaḥ-samādhāna) can lead a twice-born person to the state of brahma-bhūta (spiritual realization), and that such inner attainment commands reverence so great that even the gods long to behold it—highlighting self-mastery as the highest excellence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula addresses a king and praises the spiritual stature of a dvija who follows the path of mind-settling concentration; he emphasizes the extraordinary honor accorded to such a realized person by stating that even heavenly beings desire that person’s darśana (sight).