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Shloka 22

कुण्डधारोपाख्यानम्

Kuṇḍadhāra-Upākhyāna: Dharma’s Superiority over Wealth and Desire

सम्यक्‌ चेदमुपालब्धो धर्मश्नोक्त: सनातन: । तस्य विख्यातवीर्यस्य श्रुत्वा वाक्यानि स द्विज:,इस प्रकार तुलाधारने नाना प्रकारके वक्तव्य विषयोंसे युक्त उत्तम भाषण किया। उन्होंने सनातन धर्मका भी वर्णन किया। ब्राह्मण जाजलिने विख्यात प्रभावशाली तुलाधारके वे वचन सुनकर उनके इस तात्पर्यको भलीभाँति हृदयंगम किया

samyak cedam upālabdho dharmaśnoktāḥ sanātanaḥ | tasya vikhyātavīryasya śrutvā vākyāni sa dvijaḥ ||

ビーシュマは言った。「かくして永遠の法(サナータナ・ダルマ)は正しく把握され、明らかに説き示された。名高く威力あるその者の言葉を聞いて、その婆羅門は趣旨をよく悟り、心に深く受けとめた。」

सम्यक्properly, rightly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
उपालब्धःwas obtained/attained; was understood
उपालब्धः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप-लभ्
Formpast (perfective), singular, passive (past passive participle), masculine, nominative
धर्मज्ञःknower of dharma
धर्मज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मज्ञ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
उक्तःsaid, spoken
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formpast (perfective), singular, passive (past passive participle), masculine, nominative
सनातनःeternal, ancient
सनातनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
विख्यातवीर्यस्यof (one) of renowned prowess
विख्यातवीर्यस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootविख्यातवीर्य
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
Formabsolutive (gerund)
वाक्यानिwords, statements
वाक्यानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य
Formneuter, accusative, plural
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
द्विजःthe brahmin (twice-born)
द्विजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
T
Tulādhāra
J
Jājali (the brahmin)

Educational Q&A

That sanātana-dharma (the perennial moral order) can be clearly articulated and, more importantly, truly understood when the listener grasps the speaker’s intended meaning and internalizes it—dharma is not merely heard but realized.

In Bhishma’s recounting, Tulādhāra has delivered an excellent discourse on various matters, including eternal dharma. The brahmin Jājali listens to Tulādhāra’s renowned words and comprehends their purport deeply.