Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अस्मिल्लोके तपस्तप्तं फलमन्यत्र भुज्यते । ब्राह्मणानामिमे लोका ऋद्धे तपसि तिष्ठताम्‌

Transliteration

asmi loke tapas tapta phalam anyatra bhujyate | br1hma1n1m ime lok1 ddhe tapasi tihat1m ||

Translation

ຕະປະທີ່ຝຶກໃນໂລກນີ້ ຍ່ອມໃຫ້ຜົນໃນທີ່ອື່ນ. ໂລກເຫຼົ່ານີ້ເປັນຂອງພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ຍືນຢູ່ຢ່າງໝັ້ນຄົງໃນຕະປະອັນສູງສົ່ງ; ຄວາມພາກພຽນມີວິໄນໃນນີ້ ກາຍເປັນລາງວັນໃນພາຍໜ້າ.

Word by Word

अस्मिन्in this

लोकेworld

तपःausterity, penance

तप्तम्performed, undergone

फलम्fruit, result

अन्यत्रelsewhere, in another place (world)

भुज्यतेis enjoyed/experienced

ब्राह्मणानाम्of Brahmins

इमेthese

लोकाःworlds (realms)

ऋद्धेwhen (it is) abundant/prosperous

तपसिin austerity

तिष्ठताम्of those who stand/abide (i.e., remain steadfast)

Speaker

सनत्सुजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanatsuj1ta

Br1hmaas

Loka (worlds/realms)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sanatsuj1ta teaches that tapas (disciplined austerity) done in this life does not always yield immediate, worldly results; its true fruit is often experienced in other realms. The verse elevates steadfast spiritual effort as a source of enduring reward and spiritual status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Sanatsuj1tiya section of the Udyoga Parva, Sanatsuj1ta instructs (in a didactic, ethical-spiritual mode) about the nature of merit and its fruition. He emphasizes to his listener that the rewards of ascetic discipline accrue beyond the visible, political world and are associated with the br1hmaa ideal of firm tapas.