Shloka 34

Brāhmaṇa-mahattva and Atithi-Dharma

Brahmagītā: Praise of Brāhmaṇas and norms of honor

Devanagari script

शरणागतेषु चैवं त्वं कुरु सर्व युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

śyena uvāca | śaraṇāgateṣu caivaṁ tvaṁ kuru sarvaṁ yudhiṣṭhira | yudhiṣṭhira! tvam api śaraṇāgatānāṁ kṛte evam eva svam sarvasvaṁ nicchāvaraṁ kuru | yo manuṣyaḥ svabhakta-premi-śaraṇāgata-puruṣāṇāṁ rakṣāṁ karoti tathā sarva-prāṇiṣu dayāṁ dhatte sa paraloke sukhaṁ prāpnoti |

Translation

ಓ ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರಾ! ಶರಣಾಗತರ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ನೀನು ಇದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ನಡೆ. ಅವರಿಗಾಗಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಸರ್ವಸ್ವವನ್ನೂ ಏನೂ ಉಳಿಸದೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸು. ಭಕ್ತರನ್ನು, ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುವವರನ್ನು, ಆಶ್ರಯ ಬೇಡಿ ಬಂದವರನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸಿ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಮೇಲೂ ದಯೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವವನು ಪರಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಖವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• शरणागतेषु: among those who have sought refuge
• शरणागतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरणागत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• कुरु: do (you), perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

श्येन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्येन (the Hawk)
• युधिष्ठिर

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should protect those who seek refuge—even at great personal cost—and cultivate compassion toward all beings; such conduct is presented as dharmic and as leading to happiness in the afterlife.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Hawk addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, urging him to emulate the ideal of total commitment to protecting suppliants, framing refuge-protection and universal compassion as the ethical standard for a righteous person (especially a ruler).