Shloka 5

Sāma (Sāntva) and Dāna: The Brāhmaṇa’s Conciliatory Release from a Rākṣasa

Devanagari script

भवतो भावितात्मत्वाल्लाभो<यं सुमहान्‌ मम । भूयो बुद्ध्यानुपश्यामि सुसमृद्धतपा इव

Transliteration

bhavato bhāvitātmatvāl lābho ’yaṃ sumahān mama | bhūyo buddhyānupaśyāmi susamṛddhatapā iva ||

Translation

Maitreya berkata: “Kerana batinmu telah dipupuk dengan begitu sempurna, hal ini menjadi suatu keuntungan yang amat besar bagiku. Dan sekali lagi, dengan pengertian yang lebih jernih, aku memandangmu sebagai seorang yang tapa dan disiplin rohaninya telah terpenuhi dengan kaya dan sempurna.”

Word by Word

भवतःof you

भावितात्मत्वात्because of (your) cultivated selfhood / disciplined nature

लाभःgain, benefit

अयम्this

सुमहान्very great

ममfor me / of me

भूयःagain, further

बुद्ध्याwith (my) understanding

अनुपश्यामिI perceive/consider (closely)

सुसमृद्धतपाःthose whose austerity is well-developed

इवlike, as if

Speaker

मैत्रेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Maitreya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner cultivation (bhāvitātmatva) and mature discipline (tapas) make a person truly worthy of reverence; such refinement benefits others by granting them clarity, confidence, and moral-spiritual insight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maitreya addresses the person before him with respect, saying that the encounter has been a great benefit to him; he recognizes, with renewed discernment, the other’s accomplished austerity and inner refinement.