Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 35 Shloka 4 - Mahabharata | Burmese | Vedapath

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Shloka 4

Brahma-vidyā: Satya–Tapas and the Enumeration of Tattvas

Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue

Devanagari script

भगवन्तं प्रपन्नो5हं नि:श्रेयसपरायण: । याचे त्वां शिरसा विप्र यद्‌ ब्रूयां ब्रूहि तन्मम

Transliteration

bhagavantaṃ prapanno ’haṃ niḥśreyasaparāyaṇaḥ | yāce tvāṃ śirasā vipra yad brūyāṃ brūhi tan mama ||

Translation

«အို ဗြာဟ္မဏအရှင်၊ ကျွန်ုပ်သည် အမြင့်ဆုံးကောင်းကျိုး (niḥśreyasa) ကို ရည်မှန်း၍ အရှင်ထံ၌ အားလုံးဖြင့် ခိုလှုံလာပါ၏။ ကျွန်ုပ်သည် ခေါင်းကို ငုံ့၍ တောင်းပန်ပါ၏—ကျွန်ုပ် မေးသမျှကို ကျွန်ုပ်အား ပြောကြားပေးတော်မူပါ။»

Word by Word

भगवन्तम्the Blessed Lord

प्रपन्नःhaving taken refuge; surrendered

अहम्I

निःश्रेयस-परायणःdevoted to the highest good (final beatitude)

याचेI beg; I request

त्वाम्you

शिरसाwith (my) head; bowing the head

विप्रO brahmin; O sage

यत्whatever; that which

ब्रूयाम्I might say; I may ask

ब्रूहिtell; speak

तत्that

ममof me; my

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

vipra (a Brahmin-sage/teacher)

śiṣya (disciple, implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models the proper attitude for liberation-oriented learning: humble surrender to a qualified teacher and a focused quest for niḥśreyasa—the highest, lasting good (often aligned with mokṣa). Ethical learning begins with reverence, clarity of aim, and readiness to be instructed.

What is happening in the narrative?

A seeker approaches a revered Brahmin-sage/teacher, bows in humility, and requests instruction. He frames his inquiry as a quest for ultimate welfare, asking the teacher to answer whatever he is about to ask—specifically, what constitutes true ‘śreyas’ (the good).