Shloka 129

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

मया च सार्ध वरद विबुधैश्न महर्षिभि: । प्रसादयाशु लोकानां शान्तिर्भवतु मा चिरम्‌

Transliteration

mayā ca sārdha vara-da vibudhaiś ca maharṣibhiḥ | prasādayāśu lokānāṃ śāntir bhavatu mā ciram ||

Translation

അർജുനൻ പറഞ്ഞു— വരദനേ! ദേവന്മാരോടും മഹർഷിമാരോടും എനിക്കൊപ്പവും ചേർന്ന് വേഗത്തിൽ ഈ ഭഗവാനെ പ്രസന്നനാക്കുക; അങ്ങനെ സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളിലും വൈകാതെ ശാന്തി സ്ഥാപിതമാകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

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

• सार्धम्: together (with)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम्

• वरद: O boon-giver
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विबुधैः: by/with the gods
• विबुधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महर्षिभिः: by/with the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रसादय: please / propitiate
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादयति (प्र+सद्/साद् caus.)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds / of people
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शान्तिः: peace
• शान्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवतु: let it be / may it become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मा: not (prohibitive/negative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिरम्: for long / long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम्

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Varada (addressed figure, ‘boon-giver’)
• Vibudhas (gods)
• Maharṣis (great seers)
• Bhagavān (the Lord, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Peace in the world is sought through humble supplication and the collective moral-spiritual effort of the righteous—humans, sages, and gods—aimed at winning divine grace for the welfare of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses a revered ‘boon-giver’ and urges swift propitiation of the Lord, invoking the support of gods and great seers, with the explicit aim that universal peace be restored without delay.