Shloka 67

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

निर्माणमेतद्‌ युष्माकं प्रवृत्तिगुणकल्पितम्‌

Transliteration

nirmāṇam etad yuṣmākaṃ pravṛttiguṇakalpitam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Susunan ini—keadaan ini—adalah milik kamu; ia dibentuk oleh sifat-sifat yang mendorong gerak-kerja lahiriah kamu. Dengan kata lain, apa yang kamu alami sekarang ialah hasil dorongan dan kecenderungan kamu sendiri.”

Word by Word

• निर्माणम्: creation; construction; formation
• निर्माणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्माण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• युष्माकम्: of you (all); your
• युष्माकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• प्रवृत्ति-गुण-कल्पितम्: imagined/constructed as (being) of the qualities of activity (pravṛtti)
• प्रवृत्ति-गुण-कल्पितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्पित (√कॢप्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One’s circumstances are not merely imposed from outside; they are shaped by one’s own pravṛtti (driving engagement in action) and the guṇas (inner dispositions). The verse emphasizes moral and psychological responsibility: outcomes arise from cultivated tendencies.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration within Śānti Parva’s didactic discourse, a reflective point is made: the present condition or ‘construction’ is attributed to the listeners themselves, being ‘fashioned’ by their action-oriented qualities—framing the teaching in terms of causality, character, and ethical accountability.