Shloka 27

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

आरिराधयिषुर्देव॑ त्रिदशानां तमीश्वरम्‌ सूर्येण सह धर्मात्मा पर्यतप्पत भारत

Transliteration

ārīrādhayiṣur deva tridāśānāṃ tam īśvaram | sūryeṇa saha dharmātmā paryatappata bhārata ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယန မိန့်ကြားသည်– သုံးဆယ့်သုံးပါးသော နတ်တို့၏ အရှင်တော်ကို ပူဇော်ပသလိုစိတ်ဖြင့်၊ ဓမ္မတရားရှိသူသည် နေမင်းနှင့်အတူ—အို ဘာရတ—တင်းကျပ်သော တပဿာကို ဆောင်ရွက်ကာ စည်းကမ်းရှိသော အားထုတ်မှုဖြင့် ကိုယ်ကို မီးကဲ့သို့ လောင်ကျွမ်းစေ하였다။

Word by Word

आरिराधयिषुःwishing to propitiate

देवO god

त्रिदशानाम्of the thirty (gods)

तम्him

ईश्वरम्the lord

सूर्येणwith/through the Sun

सहtogether with

धर्मात्माthe righteous-souled one

पर्यतपत्performed austerity / was heated (by penance)

भारतO Bhārata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Tridāśa (the Thirty-three gods)

Īśvara (the Lord)

Sūrya

Bhārata (Janamejaya as addressee)

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?

The verse highlights tapas guided by dharma: disciplined austerity and devotion are presented as ethical means to seek divine grace, emphasizing inner righteousness (dharmātmā) rather than mere power-seeking.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a righteous figure, intent on pleasing the Lord of the Thirty-three gods, undertakes intense austerities in association with Sūrya, indicating a deliberate act of worship and self-discipline within the unfolding Adi Parva story.