Shloka 105

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

विरजो ब्रह्मसदनं गच्छ विप्र यथासुखम्‌ | सर्वेषां वो द्विजश्रेष्ठ दिव्यं यानमुपस्थितम्‌

Transliteration

virajo brahmasadanaṁ gaccha vipra yathāsukham | sarveṣāṁ vo dvijaśreṣṭha divyaṁ yānam upasthitam ||

Translation

岳父は言った。「婆羅門よ、汝は心安らかに、ラジャス（激情）の穢れなき梵天の住処へ赴け。二度生まれし者のうち最勝なる者よ、汝らすべてのために、天の御車はいまここに備わっている。」

Word by Word

• विरजः: O passion-free one (free from rajas)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्रह्मसदनम्: the abode of Brahman (Brahmaloka)
• ब्रह्मसदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मसदन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विप्र: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सुखम्: comfort, ease
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वः: of you (all)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural, Second

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of the twice-born
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यानम्: vehicle, aerial car
• यानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपस्थितम्: has been made ready / is present
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्षशुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• śvaśura (father-in-law, speaker)
• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• dvijaśreṣṭha (best of the twice-born)
• brahmasadana/Brahmaloka
• divya yāna (celestial vehicle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse honors spiritual purity and merit: those who are ‘viraja’—untainted by rajas (passion)—are fit for Brahmaloka, and righteous persons are respectfully guided toward higher realms.

What is happening in the narrative?

A father-in-law addresses a group of brāhmaṇas, granting them leave and directing them to proceed comfortably to Brahmā’s abode, indicating that a divine vehicle has arrived to carry them.