Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एवं मन:समाधान मार्गमातिष्ठतो नृप । द्विजातेब्रह्म भूतस्य स्पृहयन्ति दिवौकस:,नरेश्वर! चित्तको एकाग्र करना-रूप जो साधन है उसका आश्रय लेकर ब्रह्मभूत हुए द्विजके दर्शनकी अभिलाषा देवता भी रखते हैं

Transliteration

evaṁ manaḥ-samādhāna-mārgam ātiṣṭhato nṛpa | dvijātibrahma-bhūtasya spṛhayanti divaukasaḥ ||

Translation

ナクラは言った。「王よ、二度生まれし者（ドヴィジャ）が、心を定める三昧の道に堅く依り、ついに梵（ブラフマン）を体得したなら、天界の住人でさえその姿を拝みたいと切望する。」

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

मनः-समाधान-मार्गम्the path of mental concentration/settling of the mind

आतिष्ठतःhe undertakes/stands upon (follows)

नृपO king

द्विजाति-ब्रह्म-भूतस्यof the twice-born who has become Brahman (brahma-bhūta)

स्पृहयन्तिthey desire/long for

दिवौकसःthe dwellers in heaven; gods

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nakula

nṛpa (the king addressed)

divaukasaḥ (gods/heaven-dwellers)

dvijāti (twice-born person)

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?

The verse teaches that steadfast mental composure and concentration (manaḥ-samādhāna) can lead a twice-born person to the state of brahma-bhūta (spiritual realization), and that such inner attainment commands reverence so great that even the gods long to behold it—highlighting self-mastery as the highest excellence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula addresses a king and praises the spiritual stature of a dvija who follows the path of mind-settling concentration; he emphasizes the extraordinary honor accorded to such a realized person by stating that even heavenly beings desire that person’s darśana (sight).