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Shloka 42

Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī

Devanagari script

लोकयात्राविघातश्न दानधर्मफलागमे । तदर्थ वेदशब्दाशक्ष व्यवहाराक्ष लौकिका:

Transliteration

lokayātrāvighātaś ca dānadharmaphalāgame | tadarthaṃ vedāḥ śabdāś ca vyavahārāś ca laukikāḥ ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າບໍ່ຍອມຮັບການມີຢູ່ຂອງອັດຕາ (Self) ການດຳເນີນຊີວິດໃນໂລກກໍຈະຖືກຂັດຂວາງ ແລະ ຈະບໍ່ມີຫຼັກໃຫ້ເຊື່ອໃນການໄດ້ຮັບຜົນຂອງທານ ແລະ ໜ້າທີ່ທາງທຳມະອື່ນໆ. ເພາະວ່າຖ້ອຍຄຳແຫ່ງເວດ ແລະ ປະເພນີປະຕິບັດຂອງໂລກ ລ້ວນມຸ່ງໄປສູ່ສຸກພາບ ແລະ ຄວາມເຕັມພຽງຂອງອັດຕາ».

Word by Word

लोकयात्राविघातःobstruction of worldly life/maintenance

चand

दानधर्मफलागमेin/with regard to the attainment of the fruit of charity and dharma

तदर्थाःhaving that (as their) purpose; for that end

वेदशब्दाःVedic words/utterances

चand

व्यवहाराःpractices/usages (transactions)

चand

लौकिकाःworldly/common

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

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

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma argues that acknowledging the Self (ātman) is necessary for ethics and religion to be meaningful: without it, society’s functioning (lokayātrā) collapses and faith in the fruits of charity and duty (dāna-dharma-phala) loses its basis; both Vedic injunctions and everyday norms ultimately aim at the Self’s welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right understanding, Bhīṣma continues his philosophical teaching, explaining why belief in the Self undergirds both scriptural authority (Vedic śabda) and ordinary social practice (laukika vyavahāra).