Shloka 62

Devanagari script

सहस््रशो5प्यनेकश: प्रवक्तुमुत्सहाम ते । अबुद्धिमोहनं पुन: प्रभुर्निनाय पावक:,वत्स! मैं तुम्हारे सामने हजारों तथा उससे भी अधिक बार यह बात जोर देकर कह सकता हूँ कि सर्वशक्तिमान्‌ तथा सबको पवित्र करनेवाले धर्मने, जिसकी बुद्धिपर मोह नहीं छा गया है, उस धर्मात्मा पुरुषको सदा ही पुण्यलोकमें पहुँचाया है

Transliteration

sahasraśo 'py anekaśaḥ pravaktum utsahāma te | abuddhi-mohanaṃ punaḥ prabhur nināya pāvakaḥ ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「千度でも、なお幾度でも、私は強くこれを告げよう。主は—火のごとく浄め—知を覆う迷妄を払い去る。ゆえに、その迷いに知性を奪われぬ義人は、つねに功徳の界へと導かれる。」

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'sahasraśaḥ', 'definition': 'a thousand times

• repeatedly'}, {'term': 'api', 'definition': 'even

• also'}, {'term': 'anekaśaḥ', 'definition': 'many times

• in many ways'}, {'term': 'pravaktum', 'definition': 'to speak

• to declare'}, {'term': 'utsahāma (utsahāmi/utsahāvaḥ)', 'definition': 'I am able

• I have the resolve/energy (to do)'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'to you'}, {'term': 'abuddhi-mohana', 'definition': 'that which bewilders the intellect

• delusion/confusion of understanding'}, {'term': 'punaḥ', 'definition': 'again

• further'}, {'term': 'prabhuḥ', 'definition': 'the Lord

• the powerful one'}, {'term': 'nināya', 'definition': 'led away

• carried off'}, {'term': 'pāvakaḥ', 'definition': 'fire

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Prabhu (the Lord)
• Pāvaka (Fire, as purifier)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Repeatedly and emphatically, the verse teaches that delusion which clouds the intellect is to be removed; when one’s understanding is not overcome by such moha, the righteous path bears fruit—leading the person toward a meritorious, auspicious realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses his listener and reiterates a moral certainty: the Lord, likened to purifying fire, dispels intellectual bewilderment; as a result, the dharmic person who remains clear-minded is guided toward the reward of puṇya (a higher, blessed state).