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Shloka 30

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

दानाध्ययनयज्ञेज्यापितृदैवतपूजनम्‌ । गुरूणामतिथीनां च तेषां सत्यमवर्तत,पहले दैत्यलोग दान, अध्ययन और यज्ञ-यागमें संलग्न रहते थे। देवता, गुरु, पितर और अतिथियोंकी पूजा करते थे। उनके यहाँ सत्यका भी पालन होता था

dānādhyayana-yajñejyā-pitṛ-daivata-pūjanam | gurūṇām atithīnāṁ ca teṣāṁ satyam avartata ||

Śakra dijo: «Entre ellos estaba establecida la práctica del dar, el estudio del saber sagrado y la celebración de sacrificios. Rendían culto a los dioses y a los antepasados, honraban a sus maestros y a los huéspedes; y la veracidad prevalecía en su conducta».

दानgift, charity
दान:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अध्ययनstudy
अध्ययन:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्ययन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञsacrifice, yajña
यज्ञ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इज्याworship, ritual offering
इज्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइज्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पितृof the ancestors (pitṛs)
पितृ:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
दैवतof the deity/divine
दैवत:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदैवत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
पूजनम्worship, honoring
पूजनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपूजन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गुरूणाम्of the teachers
गुरूणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अतिथीनाम्of the guests
अतिथीनाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअतिथि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तेषाम्of them, among them
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
सत्यम्truth, truthfulness
सत्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अवर्ततprevailed, existed, was observed
अवर्तत:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

शक्र उवाच

Ś
Śakra (Indra)
P
pitṛs (ancestors)
D
daivatāni (deities)
G
gurus (teachers)
A
atithis (guests)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents a dharmic ideal: a society is sustained by charity, disciplined learning, sacrificial worship, reverence to gods and ancestors, honoring teachers and guests, and steadfast truthfulness.

Indra (Śakra) describes the earlier conduct of a community (contextually, the daityas/asuras in a former time): they followed Vedic duties—giving, study, sacrifice, worship, hospitality—and truth prevailed among them.