Shloka 44

धर्मनिन्दा–धर्मोपासनाफलम् तथा साध्वाचारलक्षणम्

Fruits of Disparaging vs. Observing Dharma; Marks of Good Conduct

Devanagari script

गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय रणे चाभिमुखो हत: । त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतात्मा समाविश्य द्विजो भवेत्‌

Transliteration

gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya raṇe cābhimukho hataḥ | tretāgnimantrapūtātmā samāviśya dvijo bhavet ||

Translation

ମନ୍ତ୍ରପୂର୍ବକ ତ୍ରେତାଗ୍ନିର ସେବାରେ ଚିତ୍ତ ପବିତ୍ର କରି, ଗୋ ଓ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କ ହିତ ପାଇଁ ରଣରେ ଶତ୍ରୁ ସମ୍ମୁଖେ ଦଢ଼ି ହତ ହେଲେ, ସେ ତାହାର ପୁଣ୍ୟରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରି ପରଜନ୍ମେ ଦ୍ୱିଜ—ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ—ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय: for the sake of the welfare of cows and Brahmins
• गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-ब्राह्मण-हित-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अभिमुखः: facing (the enemy), confronting
• अभिमुखः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतः: killed, slain
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (हत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतात्मा: one whose self is purified by mantras of the three sacred fires
• त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रेता-अग्नि-मन्त्र-पूत-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाविश्य: having entered, having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-विश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• द्विजः: a twice-born (Brahmin)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (speaker)
• cows (go)
• Brahmins (brāhmaṇa)
• three sacred fires (tretāgni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous intent (protecting cows and Brahmins) combined with ritual purity and courageous, non-retreating conduct in battle is presented as highly meritorious, yielding an exalted rebirth—here stated as birth as a Brahmin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara states a dharma-fruit (phala) teaching: a person devoted to the Vedic three-fire discipline who dies while directly confronting the enemy for the community’s sacred welfare attains a superior next birth.