Shloka 38

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

प्राप्स्यते च भवान्‌ पुण्यं धर्मे च परमां स्थितिम्‌

Transliteration

prāpsyate ca bhavān puṇyaṃ dharme ca paramāṃ sthitim

Translation

Y tú alcanzarás mérito, y en el dharma llegarás a la más alta condición de firmeza: una garantía de que la conducta recta no sólo culmina en recompensa espiritual, sino también en un asentamiento sólido en el supremo sendero del deber.

Word by Word

• प्राप्स्यते: will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (आप्नोति)
• Form: Luṭ (Simple Future), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्यम्: merit, virtue
• पुण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मे: in dharma, in righteousness
• धर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परमाम्: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्थितिम्: state, position, abiding
• स्थितिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That steadfast adherence to dharma yields puṇya (moral-spiritual merit) and culminates in the highest stability in righteousness—dharma is presented not merely as action but as a state of firm spiritual establishment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, conveys an assurance to an addressed person (bhavān) that the course being urged or undertaken will lead to merit and the supreme standing in dharma, reinforcing the ethical direction of the episode.