Shloka 14

Dāna–Tapaḥ Praśaṃsā and Gṛhastha-Upadeśa

Maitreya

Devanagari script

अवाप च पदं कीट: पार्थ ब्रह्म सनातनम्‌ | स्वकर्मफलनिर्व॑त्तं व्यासस्य वचनात्‌ तदा,पार्थ! व्यासजीके कथनानुसार उसने स्वधर्मका पालन किया था। उसीका यह फल हुआ कि उस कीटने सनातन ब्रह्मपद प्राप्त कर लिया

Transliteration

avāpa ca padaṁ kīṭaḥ pārtha brahma sanātanam | svakarmaphalanirvṛttaṁ vyāsasya vacanāt tadā, pārtha! |

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက ပြော၏— «အို ပါර්ထ၊ ထိုပိုးသည် အနန္တ ဗြဟ္မန်၏ အဆင့်အတန်းကို ရရှိ하였다။ ဤအကျိုးသည် မိမိ၏ ကံအကျိုးပေးမှ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာခြင်းဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ထိုအခါ ဗျာသ၏ မိန့်ကြားချက်ကို လိုက်နာကာ မိမိ၏ တာဝန်ဓမ္မကို ထိန်းသိမ်းခဲ့သောကြောင့် ဖြစ်သည်»။

Word by Word

• अवाप: obtained, attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पदम्: state, abode, position
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• कीटः: the insect/worm
• कीटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (the Absolute)
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• सनातनम्: eternal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• स्वकर्मफलनिर्वृत्तम्: resulting from one's own action's fruit / brought about by the fruit of his own deeds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्वृत्त (कृदन्त; √वृत्/√वृत्त्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• व्यासस्य: of Vyasa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• वचनात्: from (the) word/command; due to the statement
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, पञ्चमी, एकवचनम्

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Partha (Arjuna)
• Kita (the insect)
• Vyasa
• Brahman (sanatana brahma-pada)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a seemingly insignificant being can reach the highest spiritual goal when it faithfully performs its own prescribed duty; liberation is presented as the mature fruit of rightly done action (svakarma) guided by authoritative instruction (Vyasa’s word).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses Arjuna and cites an example: an insect, by following Vyasa’s directive and adhering to its own dharma, gains the eternal Brahman-state—illustrating the power of disciplined conduct and the inevitability of karma’s fruit.