Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 20 Shloka 74 - Mahabharata | Lao | Vedapath

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Shloka 74

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

अग्रया बुद्धिर्मनसा दर्शने च स्पर्शक्षाग्रय: कर्मणां या च सिद्धि: । गणा देवानामूष्मपा: सोमपाश्न लेखा: सुयामास्तुषिता ब्रह्मुकाया:

Transliteration

agrayā buddhir manasā darśane ca sparśakṣāgrayāḥ karmaṇāṁ yā ca siddhiḥ | gaṇā devānām ūṣmapāḥ somapāś ca lekhāḥ suyāmās tuṣitā brahmukāyāḥ ||

Translation

ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນບັນດາອຳນາດພາຍໃນ ປັນຍາສູງ (buddhi) ແລະ ຈິດ (manas) ເປັນອັນປະເສີດ, ພ້ອມທັງອຳນາດແຫ່ງການເຫັນ ແລະການສຳຜັດ; ແລະອັນປະເສີດຍິ່ງຄືສິດທິ (siddhi) ທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ການກະທຳສຳເລັດຕາມຈຸດໝາຍ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນໃນຫມູ່ເທວະກໍມີຜູ້ ‘ດື່ມ’ ຄວາມອົບອຸ່ນ (ūṣmapāḥ), ຜູ້ບໍລິໂພກໂສມ (somapāḥ), ແລະຊັ້ນທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ Lekhas, Suyāmas, Tuṣitas, ພ້ອມທັງຜູ້ມີກາຍເປັນພຣະພຣະຫມ (Brahma-bodied)».

Word by Word

अग्रयाby the foremost/excellent (one)

बुद्धिःintellect

मनसाby the mind

दर्शनेin seeing / in perception

चand

स्पर्शक्षthe touch-sense (lit. touch-eye)

अग्रयःforemost/excellent (ones)

कर्मणाम्of actions

याwhich

चand

सिद्धिःsuccess/accomplishment

गणाःgroups/hosts

देवानाम्of the gods

ऊष्मपाःheat-drinkers (a class of gods)

सोमपाश्नलेखाःSomapa, Aśna, and Lekha (classes of gods)

सुयामाःSuyāmas (a class of gods)

तुषिताःTuṣitas (a class of gods)

ब्रह्मकायाःthose having Brahman as body / Brahma-bodied (a class of gods)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu-deva (Vāyu)

Deva-gaṇas (hosts of gods)

Ūṣmapāḥ

Somapāḥ

Lekhāḥ

Suyāmāḥ

Tuṣitāḥ

Brahmukāyāḥ

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links inner mastery (buddhi, manas, and the senses) with the successful completion of action (siddhi), and then situates these human faculties within a broader cosmic order by naming prominent classes of divine beings—suggesting that both ethical action and spiritual understanding belong to an ordered hierarchy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking and enumerating ‘foremost’ faculties and notable divine groups. The passage functions as part of a larger catalog of cosmic principles and celestial classes, reinforcing a theological-cosmological frame for dharma and the workings of action and attainment.