Shloka 36

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

धर्मप्रतिष्ठाहेतोश्व मनुं स्वारोचिषं ततः । अध्यापयामास तदा लोकानां हितकाम्यया,फिर इस धर्मकी प्रतिष्ठाके लिये समस्त लोकोंके हितकी कामनासे उन्होंने स्वारोचिषमनुको उस समय इस धर्मका उपदेश किया

Transliteration

dharmapratiṣṭhāhetoś ca manuṃ svārociṣaṃ tataḥ | adhyāpayāmāsa tadā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Puis, afin d’établir fermement le dharma, il instruisit alors Svarociṣa Manu, par désir du bien de tous les mondes.

Word by Word

• धर्मप्रतिष्ठा-हेतोः: for the sake/cause of establishing dharma
• धर्मप्रतिष्ठा-हेतोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मप्रतिष्ठाहेतु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• मनुम्: Manu
• मनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्वारोचिषम्: Savarṇi/Svārociṣa (as an epithet of Manu)
• स्वारोचिषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वारोचिष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अध्यापयामास: taught / caused to be taught
• Type: Verb
• Root: अध्यापय् (अधि+आपय्; causative of अधि+इ/अधि+अधि-इ)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), Third, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हितकाम्यया: with the desire for welfare (of others)
• हितकाम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हितकाम्य
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Svarociṣa Manu
• dharma
• lokāḥ (the worlds/people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma should be deliberately established and preserved through instruction, motivated not by private gain but by the intention to secure the welfare (hita) of all beings and all worlds.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that a revered teacher/authority (implied by context) instructs Svarociṣa Manu in dharma, presenting this transmission as a purposeful act meant to ground dharma firmly in the world for universal benefit.