Shloka 28

Keśava-tattva-kathana

On the Principle of Keśava: Cosmogony and Divine Epithets

Devanagari script

जापकार्थमयं यत्नो यदर्थ वयमागता: । कृतपूजाविमौ तुल्यौ त्वया तुल्यफलाविमौ

Transliteration

jāpākārtham ayaṁ yatno yadartha vayaṁ āgatāḥ | kṛtapūjāv imau tulyau tvayā tulyaphalāv imau ||

Translation

“ಈ ಜಪಕ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನಿಗೆ ಸದ್ಗತಿ ದೊರಕಲೆಂದು ನೀವು ಈ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವನ್ನು ಕೈಗೊಂಡಿರಿ; ಅದನ್ನೇ ನೋಡಲು ನಾವೂ ಬಂದೆವು. ನೀವು ಇವರಿಬ್ಬರನ್ನೂ ಸಮಾನವಾಗಿ ಪೂಜಿಸಿದ್ದೀರಿ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಇವರಿಬ್ಬರೂ ಒಂದೇ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ತಲುಪಿ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಮಾನ ಫಲಕ್ಕೆ ಪಾತ್ರರಾದರು.”

Word by Word

• जापक-अर्थम्: for the sake/purpose of the chanter (jāpaka)
• जापक-अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जापक (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यत्नः: effort, endeavor
• यत्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यत्-अर्थम्: for which purpose
• यत्-अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• आगताः: have come, arrived
• आगताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• कृत-पूजा: having been honored / whose worship was done
• कृत-पूजा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (क्त) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• इमौ: these two
• इमौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• तुल्यौ: equal, alike
• तुल्यौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तुल्य-फलौ: having equal fruit/result
• तुल्य-फलौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• इमौ: these two
• इमौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a Brahmin engaged in japa
• two persons (imau)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Equal and sincere honor shown without bias yields equal spiritual fruit; intentional support of a devotee (here, a Brahmin devoted to japa) becomes a dharmic act that leads to auspicious destiny and shared merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma explains that the listener’s effort was aimed at ensuring the welfare (sadgati) of a japa-practicing Brahmin. He notes that they came to witness this act, and concludes that because the two individuals were honored equally, both attained an equal state and a reward comparable to that of the benefactor.