Shloka 3

Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)

Devanagari script

अकामद्वेषसंयोगलो भद्रोहाच्च भारत । उपेक्षया च भावानां देवा देवत्वमाप्रुवन्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

akāmadveṣasaṃyogalobhadrohācca bhārata |

upekṣayā ca bhāvānāṃ devā devatvam āpruvan ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਭਾਰਤ! ਕਾਮ (ਰਾਗ), ਦ੍ਵੈਸ਼, ਸੰਯੋਗ (ਮਮਤਾ-ਬੰਧਨ), ਲੋਭ ਅਤੇ ਦ੍ਰੋਹ (ਸ਼ਤ੍ਰੁਤਾ-ਭਰਿਆ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ) ਵਰਗੇ ਦੋਸ਼ਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ ਹੋਣ ਅਤੇ ਦੂਸ਼ਿਤ ਭਾਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਉਪੇਖਾ ਕਰਨ ਕਰਕੇ ਹੀ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਦੇਵਤ੍ਵ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• अकामद्वेषसंयोगलोभद्रोहात्: from (the faults of) desirelessness/absence of lust, hatred, attachment, greed, and malice
• अकामद्वेषसंयोगलोभद्रोहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकाम-द्वेष-संयोग-लोभ-द्रोह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उपेक्षया: by disregard/indifference
• उपेक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपेक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• भावानाम्: of (worldly/impure) mental states
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवत्वम्: godhood/divine status
• देवत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नुवन्: attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (आप्नोति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (addressee)
• Devas (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divinity (devatva) is presented as the fruit of inner purification: freedom from desire, hatred, possessive clinging, greed, and hostile wrath, along with the disciplined practice of disregarding corrupting mental states.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a moral principle is stated to the Bharata listener: the gods became gods not merely by power, but by ethical and psychological mastery—abandoning key inner दोषs and remaining detached from tainted भावs.