Shloka 7
Devanagari script
ब्राह्मणस्य विशुद्धस्य तपस्यभिरतस्य च । निराशिषो वदान्यस्य लोका हुक्षरसम्मिता:
Transliteration
brāhmaṇasya viśuddhasya tapasyabhiratasya ca | nirāśiṣo vadānyasya lokā hu kṣarasammitāḥ ||
Translation
ಶುದ್ಧನಾದ, ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತನಾದ, ಫಲಾಪೇಕ್ಷೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ದಾನಶೀಲನಾದ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನಿಗೆ ಲಭಿಸುವ ಲೋಕಗಳು ‘ಅಕ್ಷರ’—ಅಂದರೆ ಅವಿನಾಶಿ—ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ।
Word by Word
ब्राह्मणस्यof a Brahmin
ब्राह्मणस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
विशुद्धस्यof the pure
विशुद्धस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootविशुद्ध
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तपस्यभिरतस्यof one devoted to austerity
तपस्यभिरतस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootतपस् + अभिरत
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
निराशिषःof one without expectation (of reward)
निराशिषः:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिराशिष्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
वदान्यस्यof the generous
वदान्यस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootवदान्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
लोकाःworlds (realms)
लोकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हुतक्षर-सम्मिताःmeasured by (the number of) uttered syllables (in oblations)
हुतक्षर-सम्मिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहुत + अक्षर + सम्मित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraB
brāhmaṇa (ideal Brahmin)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Purity, austerity, generosity, and freedom from desire for reward together constitute a high dharmic ideal; such selfless discipline is said to yield enduring spiritual results (stable ‘worlds’/realms of attainment).
In Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse setting, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about the spiritual destiny of a virtuous Brahmin, emphasizing that the fruit of pure, selfless tapas and generosity is lasting.