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Shloka 5

Dharma-vyādha on Parental Worship

Pitṛ-mātṛ-śuśrūṣā as Paramadaivata

परिघ-जैसी मोटी भुजाओंवाले अपने समस्त शूरवीर पुत्रोंके साथ जाकर यह आपका सारा अभीष्ट कार्य सिद्ध करेगा, इसमें संशय नहीं है। ब्रह्म! आप मुझे छोड़ दीजिये। मैंने अब अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंको त्याग दिया है' |। तथास्त्विति च तेनोक्तो मुनिनामिततेजसा । स तमादिश्य तनयमुत्तड़काय महात्मने

tathāstv iti ca tenokto munināmitatejasā | sa tam ādiśya tanayam uttadakāya mahātmane ||

«Yendo con todos tus hijos, héroes de brazos gruesos como mazas, cumplirá sin duda toda la empresa que deseas; no hay lugar para la duda. ¡Oh brahmán, suéltame! Ya he renunciado a las armas.» Interpelado así por el sabio de esplendor inconmensurable, respondió: «Así sea». Luego, tras impartir sus instrucciones, confió a su hijo al magnánimo Uttadaka: un traspaso de responsabilidad conforme al dharma, pues el anciano, habiendo depuesto las armas, autoriza el curso siguiente mediante consejo legítimo y no por la fuerza de su propia mano.

तथाthus, so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperative (loṭ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तेनby him
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, instrumental, singular
उक्तःspoken to / addressed
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formkta (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular
मुनिनाby the sage
मुनिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
अमिततेजसाof immeasurable splendor
अमिततेजसा:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअमिततेजस्
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
आदिश्यhaving instructed / having directed
आदिश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + दिश्
Formlyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
तनयम्the son
तनयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतनय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
उत्तड़कायto Uttadaka (name)
उत्तड़काय:
Sampradana
TypeProperNoun
Rootउत्तड़क
Formmasculine, dative, singular
महात्मनेto the great-souled one
महात्मने:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
Formmasculine, dative, singular

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

M
Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)
U
Uttadaka
T
the sage (muni)
T
the son (tanaya)

Educational Q&A

Dharma can be upheld through rightful delegation and counsel: one who has renounced violence does not act through weapons, yet still supports the just outcome by authorizing and guiding appropriate agents.

A sage of great spiritual power assents (“So be it”) and then, after giving instructions, entrusts his son to the noble Uttadaka—signaling a formal handover of duty and the next step in the unfolding action.