Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 165 Shloka 76 - Mahabharata | Japanese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 76

Devanagari script

अस्मिल्लोके रौक्मिणेय तथामुष्षिंश्व पुत्रक महाराज! प्रद्युम्नके ऐसा कहनेपर मैंने उसको उत्तर दिया। रुक्मिणीनन्दन! ब्राह्मणोंकी पूजा करनेसे क्या फल मिलता है

Transliteration

asmi loke raukmieya tath01muiva putraka mah01r01ja! pradyumnake eva kathan13para may01 tasmai uttara dattam | rukmi2bnandana! br01hmaap6bj01y01 phala ki labhyate tad aha vaky01mi; tvam ek01gracitta bh6btv01 5bu | vatsa! br01hma01n01 r01j01 soma (candrama) | ata ete iha loke paratra ca sukha-dukha-prad01ne samarth01 bhavanti |

Translation

ヴァーユは言った。「おおルクミニーの子よ、わが子よ、大王よ――プラデュムナがこのように語ったとき、私は彼に答えた。おおルクミニーの子よ、バラモンを敬うことによって得られる果報を説こう。心を一つにして聞け。わが子よ、バラモンの中の王はソーマ、すなわち月である。ゆえに彼らは、この世においても来世においても、楽と苦とを授け得るのだ。」

Word by Word

अस्मिन्in this

लोकेworld

रौक्मिणेयO son of Rukmiṇī (Raukmiṇeya)

तथाthus/so

मुष्टिंश्वfist (mushṭi)

पुत्रकO son/dear child

महाराजO great king

प्रद्युम्नकेin/with regard to Pradyumna

एवम्thus

कथनेupon saying

परम्then/thereupon (lit. further)

मयाby me

तस्मैto him

उत्तरम्reply/answer

दत्तम्given

रुक्मिणीनन्दनO son of Rukmiṇī

ब्राह्मणानाम्of Brahmins

पूजनात्from worshipping

किम्what

फलम्fruit/result

लभ्यतेis obtained

इतिthus/that

अहम्I

वदामिsay/tell

त्वम्you

एकाग्रचित्तःwith concentrated mind

शृणुlisten

पुत्रO son

ब्राह्मणानाम्of Brahmins

राजाking

सोमःSoma (Moon)

चन्द्रमाthe Moon

अतःtherefore

एतेthese

अस्मिन्in this

लोकेworld

परलोकेin the other world/afterlife

अपिalso/even

सुखदुःखप्रदानेin giving pleasure and pain

समर्थाःcapable

भवन्तिbecome/are

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vayudeva (Vayu)

Pradyumna

Rukmini

Brahmins (Br01hmaas)

Soma (Chandra, the Moon)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honoring Brahmins yields significant moral and spiritual consequences; Brahmins are portrayed as powerful agents of karmic outcome, able to confer well-being or adversity in both this life and the next, with Soma (the Moon) symbolically presented as their sovereign.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vayu responds to Pradyumna (addressed as Rukmini’s son) and begins a didactic explanation about the rewards of Brahmin-veneration, framing Brahmins as influential in determining happiness and suffering across worlds.