Shloka 15

Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)

Devanagari script

द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च त्वमपीदं तपोवनम्‌ । राजन्नवाप्य दुष्प्रापां गतिमग्र्यां गमिष्यसि

Transliteration

Dvaipāyana-prasādāc ca tvam apīdaṃ tapovanam | rājan avāpya duṣprāpāṃ gatim agryāṃ gamiṣyasi, nareśvara ||

Translation

ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಓ ರಾಜನೇ, ದ್ವೈಪಾಯನ (ವ್ಯಾಸ) ಅವರ ಪ್ರಸಾದದಿಂದ ನೀನೂ ಈ ತಪೋವನವನ್ನು ತಲುಪಿದ್ದೀಯ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ತಪಸ್ಸು ಮಾಡಿ ದುರ್ಲಭ ಮಹಾಸಿದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸಿ ನೀನು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವೆ.

Word by Word

• द्वैपायन-प्रसादात्: from the grace of Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• द्वैपायन-प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैपायनप्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपोवनम्: forest of austerities (hermitage-grove)
• तपोवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अवाप्य: having attained / having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• दुष्प्रापाम्: hard to obtain
• दुष्प्रापाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्प्राप
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: state/goal, course, destiny
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अग्र्याम्: highest, excellent
• अग्र्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गमिष्यसि: you will go / you will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नर-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• rājan (the king addressed)
• tapovana (forest of austerities)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual progress is enabled by both divine/saintly grace (Vyāsa’s prasāda) and personal discipline (tapas). Even a king, after fulfilling worldly duties, can attain the highest destiny by entering a life of austerity and inner purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses the king who has arrived at the tapovana (hermitage-forest). He explains that this arrival is due to Vyāsa’s grace and foretells that, by practicing austerities there, the king will attain a rare and supreme spiritual end.