Shloka 24

देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण्यं बहुभिरवाप्यते तपोभि- स्तल्लब्ध्वा न रतिपरेण हेलितव्यम्‌ । स्वाध्याये तपसि दमे च नित्ययुक्तः क्षेमार्थी कुशलपर: सदा यतस्व

Transliteration

brāhmaṇyaṃ bahubhir avāpyate tapobhis tallabdhvā na ratipareṇa helitavyam | svādhyāye tapasi dame ca nityayuktaḥ kṣemārthī kuśalaparaḥ sadā yatasva ||

Translation

ဗျာသက မိန့်ကြားသည်— «ဗြာဟ္မဏဖြစ်ခြင်း (brahminhood) သည် တပဿ (austerities) များစွာဖြင့်သာ ရရှိနိုင်သည်။ ထိုအရာကို ရရှိပြီးနောက် ကာမသုခအပေါ် စွဲလမ်းခြင်းကြောင့် မဖြုန်းတီးမပျက်စီးစေသင့်။ ထို့ကြောင့် သင်၏ အမှန်တကယ် ကောင်းကျိုးချမ်းသာကို လိုလားပါက ကုသလ (wholesome) ဖြစ်သောအရာတို့၌ အမြဲကြိုးစားလော့— စွာဓျာယ (self-study)၊ တပဿ နှင့် အင်ဒြိယထိန်းချုပ်မှု (restraint of the senses) တို့၌ အစဉ်တစိုက် တည်ကြည်စွာ နေထိုင်လော့»။

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मण्यं: brahminhood / brahmin status
• ब्राह्मण्यं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अवाप्यते: is obtained
• अवाप्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive

• तपोभिः: by austerities
• तपोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तत्: that (state)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• रतिपरेण: by one devoted to sensual pleasure
• रतिपरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रतिपर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हेलितव्यम्: should not be slighted / should not be squandered
• Type: Verb
• Root: हेल्
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Passive-necessitative

• स्वाध्याये: in self-study
• स्वाध्याये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तपसि: in austerity
• तपसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दमे: in self-control
• दमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• नित्ययुक्तः: always engaged
• नित्ययुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्ययुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षेमार्थी: seeking welfare
• क्षेमार्थी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षेमार्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुशलपरः: devoted to what is beneficial/skillful
• कुशलपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशलपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• यतस्व: strive / make effort
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Middle (Atmanepada)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Brahminhood (understood as a hard-won spiritual-ethical attainment) should not be squandered through attachment to sensual pleasure; one should pursue true welfare by steady commitment to svādhyāya (sacred study), tapas (austerity), and dama (sense-restraint).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers a moral exhortation: he warns against negligence born of pleasure-seeking and urges disciplined practice—study, austerity, and restraint—as the path to lasting well-being.