Shloka 80

ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः

Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction

Devanagari script

एवं कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति संसारविजिगीषव: । रागद्वेषविनिर्मुक्ता ऐश्वर्य देवता गता:,संसारको जीतनेकी इच्छावाले बुद्धिमान्‌ पुरुष इसी प्रकार राग-द्वेषसे मुक्त होकर कर्म करते हैं। इन्हीं नियमोंके पालनसे देवतालोग एऐश्वर्यको प्राप्त हुए हैं

Transliteration

evaṁ karmāṇi kurvanti saṁsāravijigīṣavaḥ | rāgadveṣavinirmuktā aiśvaryaṁ devatā gatāḥ ||

Translation

Those wise persons who seek to conquer the cycle of saṃsāra act in this very manner—performing their duties free from attachment and aversion (rāga-dveṣa). By adhering to these disciplines, even the gods attained sovereignty and divine prosperity.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

कर्माणिactions, deeds

कुर्वन्तिthey do, perform

संसार-विजिगीषवःdesirous of conquering the world/cycle of existence

राग-द्वेष-विनिर्मुक्ताःfreed from attachment and aversion

ऐश्वर्यम्lordship, sovereignty, prosperity

देवताःthe gods, deities

गताःhave gone to / have attained

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

शौनक (Śaunaka)

द

देवता (the gods)

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?

One should perform one’s duties while being free from attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa). Such disciplined, impartial action is presented as a means to overcome saṁsāra and as a proven path to excellence, since even the gods are said to have attained aiśvarya by following these principles.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka states a general ethical maxim: aspirants who wish to overcome worldly bondage act without rāga and dveṣa, and this rule-based discipline is validated by the example of the gods attaining divine sovereignty through it.