Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तमतिक्रम्य विधिना प्रष्टमर्हसि काड्क्षितम्‌ । स ते परमकं धर्म न मिथ्या दर्शयिष्यति,तुम उसीके पास जाकर विधिपूर्वक अपना मनोवांछित प्रश्न पूछो। वह तुम्हें परम उत्तम धर्मका दर्शन करायेगा; मिथ्या धर्मका उपदेश नहीं करेगा

Transliteration

tam atikramya vidhinā praṣṭum arhasi kāṅkṣitam | sa te paramakaṃ dharmaṃ na mithyā darśayiṣyati ||

Translation

ຈົ່ງເຂົ້າໄປຫາລາວດ້ວຍວິທີອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ ແລະຖາມຄຳຖາມທີ່ເຈົ້າປາຖະໜາຈະຖາມ. ລາວຈະເປີດເຜີຍໃຫ້ເຈົ້າເຫັນທຳອັນສູງສຸດ ແລະຈະບໍ່ນຳເຈົ້າຫຼົງທາງດ້ວຍຄຳສອນອັນບໍ່ແທ້.

Word by Word

तम्him

अतिक्रम्यhaving approached/going up to (lit. having gone beyond/overstepped)

विधिनाaccording to rule; with proper procedure

प्रष्टुम्to ask

अर्हसिyou ought/are fit

काङ्क्षितम्desired (thing/question)

सःhe

तेto you

परमकम्supreme; most excellent

धर्मम्dharma; righteous duty

नnot

मिथ्याfalsely; wrongly

दर्शयिष्यतिhe will show/teach

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (speaker)

tam (an unnamed teacher/authority figure referred to as 'him')

dharma (as the subject taught)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Seek guidance from a trustworthy authority and inquire with proper decorum; true dharma is transmitted through disciplined questioning and reliable instruction, not through misleading or false doctrines.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin advises the listener to go to a particular person (implied to be a competent teacher) and, following proper etiquette, ask the desired question; the teacher is affirmed as one who will reveal the highest dharma without teaching anything false.