Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 105 Shloka 34 - Mahabharata | Punjabi | Vedapath

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Shloka 34

Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant

Devanagari script

तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे विशुद्धानां भावितो वाग्यतानाम्‌ | सत्ये स्थितानां वेदविदां महात्मनां परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | tathāvidhānām eṣa loko maharṣe viśuddhānāṃ bhāvito vāgyatānām | satye sthitānāṃ vedavidāṃ mahātmanāṃ paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra |

Translation

ਧ੍ਰਿਤਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਹੇ ਮਹਰਿਸ਼ੀ! ਇਹ ਲੋਕ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਅੰਤਰਭਾਵ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਵਾਕ-ਸੰਯਮੀ ਹਨ, ਸਤ੍ਯ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਡੋਲ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਵੇਦ-ਵੇਤਾ ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਹਨ। ਪਰ ਧ੍ਰਿਤਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਉਸ ਪਰਮ ਗਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਾਵੇਗਾ।

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

विधानाम्of such kinds (of persons)

एषःthis

लोकःworld, realm

महर्षेO great sage

विशुद्धानाम्of the pure

भावितःmade fit, destined/ordained

वाक्speech

यतानाम्of the restrained (self-controlled)

सत्येin truth

स्थितानाम्of those abiding/standing

वेदविदाम्of the knowers of the Veda

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled

परम्further, beyond; (here) to the highest state

गन्ताwill go / is destined to go

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

नnot

तत्रthere

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Mahārṣi (the seer addressed)

Veda

Loka (realm/world)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links spiritual attainment to ethical discipline: purity of intention, restraint in speech, steadfast truthfulness, and Vedic wisdom qualify one for a higher realm; lacking these, one does not reach that destination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses a seer and acknowledges that a particular exalted realm is reserved for the purified and truth-established sages, while admitting that he himself will not attain it.