Shloka 106

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

तरड्राड़कितकेशाय मुज्जकेशाय वै नमः । नम: षट्कर्मतुष्टाय त्रिकर्मनिरताय च

Transliteration

taraḍrāḍakitakeśāya mujjakeśāya vai namaḥ | namaḥ ṣaṭkarmatūṣṭāya trikarmaniratāya ca

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— രൂക്ഷവും ജടിലവുമായ കേശമുള്ളവനേ, മുഞ്ജസമാനമായ ജടാധാരിയേ—നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം. ഷട്കർമങ്ങളിൽ തൃപ്തനായി, ത്രികർമങ്ങളിൽ നിരതനായിരിക്കുന്നവനേ—നിനക്കു പ്രണാമം।

Word by Word

• तरड्राड़कितकेशाय: to the one whose hair is (called) taraḍrāḍakita
• तरड्राड़कितकेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरड्राड़कित-केश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मुज्जकेशाय: to the one with muñja-grass-like hair / with a muñja-hair tuft
• मुज्जकेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुज्ज-केश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• षट्कर्मतुष्टाय: to the one pleased with the six rites/acts
• षट्कर्मतुष्टाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्-कर्म-तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• त्रिकर्मनिरताय: to the one engaged in the three acts/rites
• त्रिकर्मनिरताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-कर्म-निरत
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• an ascetic/holy figure being saluted (unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma is portrayed as disciplined adherence to prescribed duties—contentment with one’s obligations (ṣaṭ-karma) and steady engagement in essential acts (tri-karma)—supported by inner restraint, symbolized by ascetic appearance.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma offers a reverential salutation (a stuti-like line) to an ascetic ideal or revered figure, highlighting austerity and dutiful conduct as exemplary virtues.