Shloka 2

Adhyāya 189: Japa—Inquiry into the Jāpaka, Method

Vidhi), and Fruit (Phala

Devanagari script

ततः सत्यं च धर्म च तपो ब्रह्म च शाश्वतम्‌ । आचारं चैव शौचं च स्वर्गाय विदथे प्रभु:,उसके बाद भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माने स्वर्ग-प्राप्तिके साधनभूत सत्य, धर्म, तप, सनातन वेद, आचार और शौचके नियम बनाये

Transliteration

tataḥ satyaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca tapo brahma ca śāśvatam | ācāraṃ caiva śaucaṃ ca svargāya vidadhe prabhuḥ ||

Translation

ついで主は、天界に至るための道として、真実、ダルマ、苦行（タパス）、永遠のヴェーダ（ブラフマン）、さらに正しい行いと清浄の規範を定めた。

Word by Word

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

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• धर्मम्: dharma/righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman / Veda (sacred knowledge)
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• शाश्वतम्: eternal/perpetual
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचारम्: conduct/discipline
• आचारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शौचम्: purity/cleanliness
• शौचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• स्वर्गाय: for heaven (attainment of heaven)
• स्वर्गाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• विदथे: in the assembly/council
• विदथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदथ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the Lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvaja
• Prabhu (Brahma)
• Svarga
• Brahma (Veda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Heavenly attainment is grounded in ethical and spiritual disciplines: truthfulness, dharma, austerity, adherence to the eternal Vedic wisdom, right conduct, and purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bharadvāja reports a cosmogonic-ethical moment: the Lord (Brahmā) establishes foundational norms—truth, dharma, tapas, Vedic authority, conduct, and purity—as the ordained path leading to svarga.