Shloka 2

Adhyāya 138: Vāyu’s Exempla on Brāhmaṇa-Prabhāva and a Cosmological Clarification

Devanagari script

येषां धर्मश्िता बुद्धि: श्रद्दधानाश्च ये नराः । तेषां स्यादुपरदेष्टव्य: सरहस्यो महाफल:,जिनकी बुद्धि सदा धर्ममें ही लगी रहती है और जो मनुष्य परम श्रद्धालु हैं, उन्हींको इस महान्‌ फलदायक रहस्ययुक्त धर्मका उपदेश देना चाहिये

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ dharma-sthitā buddhiḥ śraddadhānāś ca ye narāḥ | teṣāṃ syād upadeṣṭavyaḥ sa-rahasyo mahā-phalaḥ ||

Translation

Maheshvara dijo: «A aquellos hombres cuyo entendimiento permanece firmemente asentado en el dharma y que están colmados de profunda fe—sólo a ellos debe impartirse esta enseñanza del dharma, pues es de gran fruto y encierra un sentido interior sagrado».

Word by Word

येषाम्of whom/whose

धर्म-स्थिताfixed/established in dharma

बुद्धिःintellect, understanding

श्रद्दधानाःfaithful, full of faith

चand

येwho

नराःmen, persons

तेषाम्for them/of them

स्यात्should be/ought to be

उपदेष्टव्यःto be instructed/taught

स-रहस्यःwith (its) secret, containing a mystery

महाफलःgreat-fruited, yielding great result

Speaker

महेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Maheshvara (Śiva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Instruction in a profound, result-bearing dharma should be given only to those who are steady in righteous understanding and possess sincere faith; receptivity and moral grounding are presented as prerequisites for receiving confidential spiritual teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara is speaking and sets a criterion for transmission: the teaching he is about to convey (or has conveyed) is described as both secret in purport and greatly fruitful, and therefore should be entrusted only to qualified, faithful listeners.