Shloka 74

और्वोपाख्यानम्

Aurva Episode: Restoration of Sight and Restraint of World-Destructive Anger

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ तापत्य यक्किंचिन्नृणां श्रेय इहेप्सितम्‌ | तस्मिन्‌ कर्मणि योक्तव्या दान्तात्मान: पुरोहिता:,अतः तपतीनन्दन! मनुष्योंको इस लोकमें जो भी कल्याणकारी कार्य करना अभीष्ट हो, उसमें वह मन और इन्द्रियोंको वशमें रखनेवाले पुरोहितोंको नियुक्त करे

Transliteration

tasmāt tāpatya yat kiñcin nṛṇāṃ śreya ihepsitam | tasmin karmaṇi yoktavyā dāntātmānaḥ purohitāḥ ||

Translation

Portanto, ó descendente de Tapati, qualquer objetivo benéfico que os homens desejem alcançar neste mundo, para essa mesma obra devem nomear sacerdotes autocontrolados, com mente e sentidos refreados.

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore, from that reason

तापत्यO descendant of Tapati

यत्whatever

किंचित्anything, some (thing)

नृणाम्of men, of humans

श्रेयःwelfare, good, benefit

इहhere, in this world

ईप्सितम्desired, wished-for

तस्मिन्in that (thing/work)

कर्मणिin the act/work/rite

योक्तव्याःshould be appointed/engaged

दान्तात्मानःself-controlled (having a tamed mind)

पुरोहिताःpriests, family priests

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

ग

गन्धर्व (Gandharva, speaker)

त

तापत्य / तपतीनन्दन (Descendant/son of Tapati)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Any undertaking aimed at human welfare should be guided by priests/advisers who are disciplined and self-controlled; ethical success depends on the moral quality of those entrusted with sacred and advisory roles.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Gandharva addresses a descendant of Tapati and offers counsel on proper conduct: when pursuing any beneficial goal in the world, one should engage restrained, virtuous purohitas to oversee and guide the action in accordance with dharma.