Shloka 58

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

एवं सुतपसा चैव हव्यकव्यैस्तथैव च

Transliteration

evaṃ sutapasā caiva havyakavyais tathaiva ca

Translation

«ໃນທຳນອງດຽວກັນ ໂດຍຕະປະສະ (ວິໄນບຳເນັດອັນເຂັ້ມງວດ) ແລະໂດຍການບູຊາຮັວຍະ-ກັວຍະ ຄືເຄື່ອງບູຊາສຳລັບເທວະທັງຫຼາຍ ແລະສຳລັບບັນພະບຸລຸດ».

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• सुतपसा: by good austerity / by well-performed penance
• सुतपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हव्यकव्यैः: by oblations to gods and offerings to ancestors
• हव्यकव्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यकव्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तथा: likewise, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

देव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• देव (a deity, speaker)
• हव्य (offerings to gods)
• कव्य (offerings to ancestors/pitṛs)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links inner discipline (tapas) with outward dharmic action (havya and kavya offerings), implying that spiritual merit and ethical order are sustained through both self-restraint and properly directed ritual duties to gods and ancestors.

What is happening in the narrative?

A deity, continuing an instruction in Śānti Parva, enumerates means by which a goal is attained or merit is secured—stating that it is achieved ‘thus’ not only through austerity but also through the prescribed offerings to devas (havya) and to pitṛs (kavya).