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Shloka 2

Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)

Devanagari script

भगुरुवाच जातकमदिभिर्यस्तु संस्कारै: संस्कृत: शुचि: । वेदाध्ययनसम्पन्न: षट्सु कर्मस्ववस्थित:

Transliteration

bhagur uvāca—jātakarmādibhir yas tu saṃskāraiḥ saṃskṛtaḥ śuciḥ | vedādhyayanasampannaḥ ṣaṭsu karmasv avasthitaḥ ||

Translation

ພະພຣຶກຸ (Bhagu) ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການຂັດເກົາດ້ວຍສັງສະກາຣະ (saṃskāra) ນັບແຕ່ພິທີແຫ່ງການເກີດ, ຜູ້ມີຄວາມບໍລິສຸດໃນຄວາມປະພຶດ, ຜູ້ສຳເລັດໃນການສຶກສາເວທະ, ແລະຜູ້ຕັ້ງມັ່ນໃນຫນ້າທີ່ທັງຫົກປະການ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນພຶງຮູ້ຈັກວ່າເປັນ ພຣາຫມະນະ.»

Word by Word

भगुःBhṛgu (sage Bhagu)

उवाचsaid

जातकर्मादिभिःby (the) rites such as the birth-rite (jātakarma) etc.

यःwho

तुindeed/but

संस्कारैःby sacraments/rites

संस्कृतःrefined, duly consecrated

शुचिःpure

वेदाध्ययनसम्पन्नःendowed with Vedic study

षट्सुin six

कर्मसुin (the) duties/acts

अवस्थितःsteadfast, established

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhagu

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?

Brāhmaṇa-hood is characterized by being formed through saṃskāras, maintaining purity, mastering Vedic study, and steadfastly performing the six traditional duties associated with a brāhmaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic discourse within Śānti Parva, the speaker Bhagu lays down criteria for identifying a brāhmaṇa, emphasizing ritual formation, learning, and disciplined adherence to prescribed duties.