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Shloka 1

अलर्कोपाख्यानम् — Indriya-Nigraha and Yogic Victory

Mahābhārata 14.30

Devanagari script

ऑपन--माजल बछ। ्-््:डिअ त्रिशोडध्याय: अलर्कके ध्यानयोगका उदाहरण देकर पितामहोंका परशुरामजीको समझाना और परशुरामजीका तपस्याके द्वारा सिद्धि प्राप्त करना पितर ऊचु. अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्‌ । श्रुत्वा च तत्‌ तथा कार्य भवता द्विजसत्तम

Transliteration

pitarūcuḥ | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam | śrutvā ca tat tathā kāryaṃ bhavatā dvijasattama ||

Translation

Les Pitṛ dirent : «Sur ce point même, on cite aussi un ancien exemple tiré de l’histoire. Après l’avoir entendu, ô meilleur des deux-fois-nés, tu dois agir en conséquence».

Word by Word

पितरःthe Pitṛs (ancestors)

ऊचुःsaid

अत्रhere, in this matter

अपिalso

उदाहरन्तिthey cite, they relate (as an example)

इमम्this

इतिहासम्story, ancient account

पुरातनम्ancient, old

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

चand

तत्that (thing), it

तथाthus, in that manner

कार्यःto be done; proper (to do)

भवताby you (honorific)

द्विजसत्तमO best of the twice-born (Brahmin)

Speaker

समुद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pitṛs (ancestral fathers)

dvijasattama (addressed brāhmaṇa)

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?

Ethical instruction should be grounded in authoritative precedent: one should listen to an ancient exemplum (itihāsa) and then align one’s conduct with the dharmic model it presents.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Pitṛs begin a didactic move: they announce that they will cite an old story relevant to the issue at hand and urge the addressed brāhmaṇa to hear it and act in accordance with its lesson.