Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 158 Shloka 1 - Mahabharata | Malay | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अत्-#-र- द्विपज्चाशर्दाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: कार्तवीर्य ० अब प2 ९ दत्तात्रेयजीसे चार वरदान प्राप्त होनेका एवं उनमें उत्पत्तिका वर्णन तथा ब्राह्मणोंकी महिमाके विषयमें कार्तवीर्य अर्जुन और वायुदेवताके संवादका उल्लेख युधिछिर उवाच कां तु ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिं दृष्टवा जनाधिप । क॑ वा कर्मोदयं मत्वा तानर्चसि महामते

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kāṃ tu brāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭvā janādhipa | kiṃ vā karmodayaṃ matvā tān arcasi mahāmate ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai tuan manusia, apakah manfaat yang telah tuanku lihat sehingga tuanku terus-menerus memuliakan para brāhmaṇa? Atau, wahai yang maha bijaksana, dengan memikirkan bangkitnya dan buah tindakan yang bagaimana tuanku menyembah serta menghormati mereka?”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

काम्what (which) (result)

तुindeed/but

ब्राह्मणपूजायाम्in the worship of Brahmins

व्युष्टिम्reward/benefit (lit. dawning, prosperity)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

जनाधिपO lord of people (king)

कम्what (which) (rise/fruit of action)

वाor

कर्मोदयम्the arising/result of (some) action

मत्वाhaving thought/considered

तान्them (those Brahmins)

अर्चसिyou worship/honor

महामतेO great-minded one

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Brāhmaṇas

Janādhipa (the addressed king/ruler)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a dharmic inquiry: reverence toward Brāhmaṇas is not presented as mere custom but as a deliberate ethical act tied to karma and its fruits. It invites reflection on why a ruler should honor the learned and spiritually disciplined—because such honor sustains dharma and yields auspicious outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira questions a ruler (janādhipa) about the motive behind continual worship and honoring of Brāhmaṇas, asking what benefit has been observed or what karmic result is anticipated. This sets up a discourse on the greatness of Brāhmaṇas and the dharma of honoring them.