Shloka 80

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

Devanagari script

सोपानभूतं स्वर्गस्य मानुष्य॑ प्राप्य दुर्लभम्‌ | तथा55त्मानं समादध्याद्‌ भ्रश्यते न पुनर्यथा

Transliteration

sopānabhūtaṃ svargasya mānuṣyaṃ prāpya durlabham | tathātmānaṃ samādadhyād bhraśyate na punar yathā ||

Translation

ရှားပါးသော လူ့ဘဝကို ရရှိခြင်းသည် ကောင်းကင်ဘုံသို့ တက်ရာ လှေကားနှင့် တူ၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် မိမိကိုယ်ကို ဓမ္မ၌ တည်ငြိမ်စွာ စုစည်းအာရုံပြု၍ ထိုမြင့်မြတ်သော အခြေအနေမှ နောက်တစ်ဖန် မကျဆင်းစေရန် ကြိုးပမ်းသင့်သည်။

Word by Word

• सोपानभूतम्: having become a ladder; serving as a step
• सोपानभूतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोपानभूत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्वर्गस्य: of heaven
• स्वर्गस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मानुष्यम्: human state; human body/life
• मानुष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• दुर्लभम्: rare; hard to obtain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आत्मानम्: oneself; the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समादध्यात्: should compose/settle; should concentrate (himself)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + धा
• Form: Vidhi-ling (Optative), Present-system, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भ्रश्यते: falls; slips down
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रंश्
• Form: Lat (Present Indicative), Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

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

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• यथा: so that; in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Svarga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Human birth is rare and valuable; it should be used as a means of ascent by firmly establishing oneself in dharma, so that one does not relapse into a lower condition after attaining higher worlds or higher moral/spiritual standing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa delivers an ethical instruction within the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, emphasizing disciplined commitment to dharma after obtaining the difficult-to-attain human embodiment, portrayed as the ‘ladder’ to svarga.