Shloka 2

Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)

Devanagari script

भगुरुवाच जातकमदिभिर्यस्तु संस्कारै: संस्कृत: शुचि: । वेदाध्ययनसम्पन्न: षट्सु कर्मस्ववस्थित:

Transliteration

bhagur uvāca—jātakarmādibhir yas tu saṃskāraiḥ saṃskṛtaḥ śuciḥ | vedādhyayanasampannaḥ ṣaṭsu karmasv avasthitaḥ ||

Translation

ဘဂုက ဆို၏— «မွေးဖွားရေးအခမ်းအနားတို့မှ စ၍ သံစ్కာရ (saṃskāra) များဖြင့် သန့်စင်ပြုပြင်ခံရသူ၊ အကျင့်အကြံ သန့်ရှင်းသူ၊ ဝေဒကို လေ့လာရာ၌ ပြည့်စုံသူ၊ သတ်မှတ်ထားသော တာဝန်ခြောက်ပါး၌ တည်မြဲနေသူ—ထိုသူကို ဗြာဟ္မဏ ဟု အသိအမှတ်ပြုရ၏။»

Word by Word

• भगुः: Bhṛgu (sage Bhagu)
• भगुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• जातकर्मादिभिः: by (the) rites such as the birth-rite (jātakarma) etc.
• जातकर्मादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातकर्मादि
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संस्कारैः: by sacraments/rites
• संस्कारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्कार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संस्कृतः: refined, duly consecrated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्कृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदाध्ययनसम्पन्नः: endowed with Vedic study
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदाध्ययनसम्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षट्सु: in six
• षट्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षट्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• कर्मसु: in (the) duties/acts
• कर्मसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अवस्थितः: steadfast, established
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवस्थित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhagu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Brāhmaṇa-hood is characterized by being formed through saṃskāras, maintaining purity, mastering Vedic study, and steadfastly performing the six traditional duties associated with a brāhmaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic discourse within Śānti Parva, the speaker Bhagu lays down criteria for identifying a brāhmaṇa, emphasizing ritual formation, learning, and disciplined adherence to prescribed duties.