Shloka 28

Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt

Devanagari script

येषां धर्मे च विस्पर्धा तेषां तज्ज्ञानसाधनम्‌ | ते ब्राह्मणा इतो मुक्ता: स्वर्ग यान्ति त्रिविष्टपम्‌,जिनकी धर्मके पालनमें स्पर्धा है, उनके लिये वह ज्ञानका साधन है; किंतु वे ब्राह्मण (यदि सकाम-भावसे उसका अनुष्ठान करें) तो मृत्युके पश्चात्‌ यहाँसे देवताओंके निवासस्थान स्वर्गमें जाते हैं

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ dharme ca vispṛdhā teṣāṃ tajjñāna-sādhanam | te brāhmaṇā ito muktāḥ svargaṃ yānti triviṣṭapam ||

Translation

ଯେମାନେ ଧର୍ମାଚରଣରେ ସ୍ପର୍ଧାସହିତ ପ୍ରୟାସ କରନ୍ତି, ସେହି ପ୍ରୟାସ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଜ୍ଞାନର ସାଧନ ହୁଏ। ଏବଂ ସେହି ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନେ ଦେହତ୍ୟାଗ ପରେ ଏଠାରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ଦେବମଣ୍ଡଳର ନିବାସ ତ୍ରିବିଷ୍ଟପ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗକୁ ଯାଆନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

येषाम्of whom/whose

धर्मेin dharma / in righteous conduct

चand

विस्पर्धाrivalry/competition

तेषाम्for them/of them

तत्that

ज्ञान-साधनम्a means to knowledge

तेthey

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins

इतःfrom here/from this world

मुक्ताःreleased/freed (having departed)

स्वर्गम्to heaven

यान्तिgo

त्रिविष्टपम्Triviṣṭapa (Indra’s heaven)

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanatsujāta

Brāhmaṇāḥ

Svarga

Triviṣṭapa

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sanatsujāta distinguishes outcomes: earnest emulation in dharma can function as a means toward knowledge, yet when the practice remains oriented toward merit and results, the stated fruit is heavenly attainment (svarga/Triviṣṭapa) after death rather than liberation through knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sanatsujātīya discourse within Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs Dhṛtarāṣṭra on dharma, knowledge, and the destiny of practitioners, here describing how those who compete to uphold dharma gain a spiritual instrument, and how Brahmins so engaged reach heaven after departing this world.