Shloka 25

उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel

Devanagari script

एक दिन एक मुनि सत्संगकी दृष्टिसे उसके आश्रमपर पधारे। उस शूद्रने विधिवत्‌ स्वागत-सत्कार करके ऋषिका पूजन किया और उन्हें संतुष्ट कर दिया ।।

Transliteration

eka dina ekaḥ muniḥ satsangadṛṣṭyā tasya āśramam upāgamat | sa śūdraḥ vidhivat svāgata-satkāraṃ kṛtvā ṛṣim apūjayat, taṃ ca santoṣayāmāsa || anukūlāṃ kathāṃ kṛtvā yathāgatam apṛcchat | ṛṣiḥ parama-tejasvī dharmātmā saṃśita-vrataḥ, bharata-bhūṣaṇa nara-śreṣṭha! tataḥ paścāt sa anukūla-vacanaiḥ tasya āgamanasya vṛttāntam apṛcchat | tataḥ sa kaṭhora-vrata-pālakaḥ parama-tejasvī dharmātmā ṛṣiḥ anekavāraṃ tasya śūdrasya āśramam tasya darśanārthaṃ punar upāgamat |

Translation

ଗୋଟିଏ ଦିନ ସତ୍ସଙ୍ଗର ଆକାଙ୍କ୍ଷାରେ ଗୋଟିଏ ମୁନି ତାହାର ଆଶ୍ରମକୁ ଆସିଲେ। ସେଇ ଶୂଦ୍ର ବିଧିମତ୍ ସ୍ୱାଗତ-ସତ୍କାର କରି ଋଷିଙ୍କୁ ପୂଜା କରି ସନ୍ତୁଷ୍ଟ କଲା। ପରେ ଅନୁକୂଳ କଥା କହି ତାଙ୍କ ଆଗମନର କାରଣ ପଚାରିଲା। ତାହାପରେ ସେଇ ପରମ ତେଜସ୍ବୀ, ଧର୍ମାତ୍ମା ଓ କଠୋର ବ୍ରତଧାରୀ ଋଷି କେବଳ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖିବା ପାଇଁ ବାରମ୍ବାର ସେଇ ଶୂଦ୍ରର ଆଶ୍ରମକୁ ଆସୁଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• अनुकूलाः: favorable (words/things)
• अनुकूलाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुकूल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कथाः: words, बातें
• कथाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• आगतम्: arrived (one)
• आगतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आगत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अपृच्छत्: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परमतेजस्वी: of supreme brilliance
• परमतेजस्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम-तेजस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संशितव्रतः: of well-sharpened/strict vows
• संशितव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित-व्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतभूषण: O ornament of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-भूषण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरश्रेष्ठ: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• a Śūdra host (unnamed)
• a sage/ṛṣi (unnamed)
• āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma is shown through proper hospitality, reverence, and gentle speech; such conduct attracts the wise and earns spiritual merit irrespective of one’s social designation.

What is happening in the narrative?

A sage visits a Śūdra’s hermitage seeking holy company; the host welcomes and honors him correctly, asks courteously about his visit, and the pleased sage returns repeatedly to meet him.