Shloka 2

Dāna–Tapaḥ Praśaṃsā and Gṛhastha-Upadeśa

Maitreya

Devanagari script

तस्य धर्मार्थविदुषो दृष्टवा तद्‌ विपुलं तपः । आजगाम द्विजश्रेष्ठ: कृष्णद्वैपषायनस्तदा

Transliteration

tasya dharmārthaviduṣo dṛṣṭvā tad vipulaṃ tapaḥ | ājagāma dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā ||

Translation

ဓမ္မနှင့် အဓိပ္ပါယ် (artha) ၏ အခြေခံတရားကို သိမြင်သော ထိုမင်းသား၏ ကြီးမား၍ ပြင်းထန်သော တပဿာကို မြင်သော် အမြတ်ဆုံး ဗြာဟ္မဏ ကృష్ణဒွိပာယန ဗျာသသည် ထိုအခါ သူ့ထံသို့ လာရောက်လေ၏။

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• धर्मार्थविदुषः: of the knower of dharma and artha
• धर्मार्थविदुषः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मार्थविद्वस्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• विपुलम्: great, extensive
• विपुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आजगाम: came, arrived
• आजगाम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम्
• Form: perfect (लिट्), third, singular, parasmaipada

• द्विजश्रेष्ठः: the best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजश्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Krishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Karta
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
• the prince (rajaputra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a ruler (or aspirant) combines understanding of dharma (ethical duty) and artha (practical welfare) with sincere tapas (disciplined effort), it becomes worthy of recognition and guidance from realized sages; moral insight must be supported by lived self-discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Vyāsa, the eminent Brahmin sage, comes to a prince after witnessing the prince’s great austerities—signaling a moment where ascetic commitment invites authoritative counsel.