Shloka 48

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

एवं ते वर्तमानस्य लोके कीर्तिर्भविष्यति । धर्मार्थ: सुमहांस्तात तप्तं स्याच्च तपश्चिरात्‌,तात! ऐसा बर्ताव करनेसे संसारमें तुम्हारी कीर्ति बढ़ेगी, महान्‌ धर्म और अर्थकी सिद्धि होगी तथा दीर्घ कालतक तपस्या करनेका तुम्हें फल प्राप्त होगा

Transliteration

evaṃ te vartamānasya loke kīrtir bhaviṣyati | dharmārthaḥ sumahāṃs tāta taptaṃ syāc ca tapaś cirāt ||

Translation

If you conduct yourself in this way, your fame in the world will grow. You will gain a very great attainment of dharma and artha, and you will also receive the fruit of long-performed austerity.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

तेof you/your

वर्तमानस्यof (you) acting/behaving (so), of one who is conducting himself

लोकेin the world

कीर्तिःfame, renown

भविष्यतिwill be, will arise

धर्मार्थःthe purpose/benefit of dharma (righteous merit)

सुमहान्very great

तातdear one, son (vocative address)

तप्तम्performed, undergone (austerity)

स्यात्would be, would become

चand

तपःausterity, penance

चिरात्after a long time, for long

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyasa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right conduct brings lasting social honor (kīrti) and also secures both dharma (moral-religious good) and artha (legitimate welfare/prosperity); ethical action is presented as equivalent in value to long austerities, yielding their fruit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses the listener as 'tāta' and commends a particular course of conduct, assuring that such behavior will increase renown in the world and lead to the attainment of dharma and artha, along with the merit normally gained through prolonged tapas.