Shloka 21

Vyādha–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Śāpa, Vṛtta-Dharma, and Counsel Against Viṣāda

Grief

Devanagari script

तयोराशां तु सफलां यः करोति स धर्मवित्‌ । पिता माता च राजेन्द्र तुष्पतो यस्य नित्यश:

Transliteration

tayor āśāṃ tu saphalāṃ yaḥ karoti sa dharmavit | pitā mātā ca rājendra tuṣpato yasya nityaśaḥ ||

Translation

जो त्या दोघांच्या आशा सफल करतो तोच धर्मज्ञ; हे राजेन्द्र! ज्याच्यामुळे पिता आणि माता सदैव संतुष्ट राहतात.

Word by Word

तयोःof those two

आशाम्hope/expectation

तुbut/indeed

सफलाम्successful/fruitful

यःwho

करोतिmakes/does

सःhe

धर्मवित्knower of dharma

पिताfather

माताmother

चand

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

तुष्यतःof (one) who is pleased/satisfied

यस्यwhose

नित्यशःalways/constantly

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

rājendra (addressed king)

pitā (father)

mātā (mother)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True knowledge of dharma is shown by fulfilling the rightful hopes of one’s parents and keeping them consistently content through one’s conduct and service.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya addresses a king (“rājendra”) and states a criterion for righteousness: the person who makes his father and mother’s expectations succeed and keeps them pleased is to be regarded as a dharma-knower.