Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ऊष्मपा: सोमपाश्चैव धूमपा आज्यपास्तथा

Transliteration

ūṣmapāḥ somapāś caiva dhūmapā ājyapās tathā

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「熱を糧とする者があり、ソーマを飲む者があり、煙を糧とする者があり、また澄ましバター（ghṛta）を飲む者もいる。」

Word by Word

• ऊष्मपाः: heat-drinkers (those who subsist on warmth/heat)
• ऊष्मपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊष्मपा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinkers
• सोमपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• धूमपाः: smoke-drinkers (those who subsist on smoke)
• धूमपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूमपा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आज्यपाः: ghee-drinkers
• आज्यपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्यपा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: so/likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Soma
• dhūma (smoke)
• ājya (clarified butter/ghee)
• ūṣman (heat/warmth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights diverse disciplines of tapas—different ascetics adopt different forms of sustenance and restraint—implying that spiritual striving can take multiple legitimate forms when grounded in self-control and purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is listing categories of practitioners/ascetics characterized by what they ‘consume’ or live upon—heat, Soma, smoke, or ghee—within a broader discussion in Śānti Parva about religious observances, austerities, and paths of disciplined living.