Shloka 83

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

धारणं चापि विद्यानां तीर्थानामवगाहनम्‌

Transliteration

dhāraṇaṃ cāpi vidyānāṃ tīrthānām avagāhanam

Translation

Disse o caçador-sábio: «A firme retenção e prática do conhecimento, e a imersão reverente nos tīrthas, os vaus sagrados, como atos de purificação—isso também deve ser empreendido.»

Word by Word

• धारणम्: holding, retention
• धारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारण (धृ-धातु से कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• विद्यानाम्: of knowledges/branches of learning
• विद्यानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred places (tirthas)
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अवगाहनम्: bathing/immersion (in), entering
• अवगाहनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवगाहन (अव-गाह् धातु से कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्याध (the hunter; speaker)
• विद्या (learning/knowledge)
• तीर्थ (sacred ford/pilgrimage place)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma includes both inner discipline—retaining and living one’s learning—and outer disciplines such as tīrtha-bathing undertaken with reverence as a means of purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vana Parva dialogue where the hunter (Vyādha) instructs a seeker on dharma, he lists practices that support righteous living, here emphasizing learning held firmly in conduct and the purificatory value of pilgrimage rites.