Shalya Parva Adhyaya 50 Shloka 56 - Mahabharata | Malay | Vedapath

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Shloka 56

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

विधिं च योगस्य परं कार्याकार्यस्य शास्त्रत: | संन्‍न्यासकृतबुद्धि त॑ ततो दृष्टवा महातपा:

Transliteration

vidhiṁ ca yogasya paraṁ kāryākāryasya śāstrataḥ | saṁnyāsakṛtabuddhiṁ taṁ tato dṛṣṭvā mahātapāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Berlandaskan kewibawaan śāstra, beliau memahami disiplin tertinggi yoga serta kaedah benar untuk membezakan apa yang patut dilakukan dan apa yang tidak patut dilakukan. Lalu sang pertapa agung memandangnya—dengan minda yang telah teguh oleh tekad saṃnyāsa (pengunduran diri/renunsiasi).

Word by Word

विधिम्rule; injunction; method

चand

योगस्यof yoga; of discipline

परम्supreme; highest

कार्याकार्यस्यof what should be done and what should not be done

शास्त्रतःaccording to scripture; from the śāstra

संन्यासकृतबुद्धिम्one whose mind is made (set) on renunciation

तम्him

ततःthen; thereafter; from there

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

महातपाःthe great ascetic (one of great austerity)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical clarity arises from disciplined practice (yoga) grounded in śāstra: one should discern kārya (duty) from akārya (improper action). Renunciation here chiefly means renouncing attachment and self-interest so the intellect becomes steady and fit for right action.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a moment where a great ascetic, after grasping the scriptural rule of yoga and moral discernment, sees a person characterized by a mind made firm through renunciation—setting a reflective, instructive tone amid the events of the Śalya Parva.