Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्‌ भवानेवमभ्यस्थ वर्ततां श्रूयतां तथा । एक एव चरेद्‌ धर्म सिद्धयर्थमसहायवान्‌,बेटा! तुम इस संन्यास-धर्मके नियमोंको सुनो और उन्हें अभ्यासमें लाकर उसीके अनुसार बर्ताव करो। संन्यासीको चाहिये कि वह सिद्धि प्राप्त करनेके लिये किसीको साथ न लेकर अकेला ही संन्यास-धर्मका पालन करे

Transliteration

tat bhavānevam abhyasya vartatāṃ śrūyatāṃ tathā | eka eva cared dharma-siddhyartham asahāyavān ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “Having thus practiced it, live accordingly; listen further as well. For the sake of attaining spiritual accomplishment, one should follow the dharma of renunciation alone—without taking any companion.”

Word by Word

तत्that (instruction/thing)

भवान्you (honorific)

एवम्thus, in this manner

अभ्यस्थpractice, apply yourself (to it)

वर्तताम्let it be followed / let (one) conduct oneself

श्रूयताम्let it be heard

तथाso, likewise, accordingly

एकःalone, single

एवindeed, only

चरेत्should practice/should live/should conduct oneself

धर्मम्dharma, rule of conduct

सिद्धि-अर्थम्for the sake of attainment (siddhi)

असहायवान्without a companion, unaided

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renunciant discipline must be internalized through practice and then lived out; for spiritual attainment (siddhi), the sannyāsin should observe the dharma of renunciation in solitude, without relying on companions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa continues instructing the listener on the rules and ethos of saṃnyāsa: first to practice and embody the teaching, and then to pursue the renunciant path alone as a means to spiritual accomplishment.