Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सो<यं वत्से महाभार आहितस्त्वयि साम्प्रतम्‌ । त्वं सदा नियता कुर्या ब्राह्मणस्थाभिराधनम्‌,“अतः बेटी! इस समय सेवाका यह महान भार मैंने तुम्हारे ऊपर रखा है। तुम सदा नियमपूर्वक इन ब्राह्मणदेवताकी आराधना करती रहो

Transliteration

so ’yaṃ vatse mahābhāra āhitas tvayi sāmpratam | tvaṃ sadā niyatā kuryā brāhmaṇasthābhirādhanam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Minha filha, este grande fardo de serviço foi agora colocado sobre ti. Portanto, permanece sempre disciplinada e continua, como regra de vida, a honrar e a servir com devoção os brâmanes—aqueles que devem ser tidos por divinos.”

Word by Word

सःhe/that (burden)

अयम्this

वत्सेO dear girl/child

महाभारःgreat burden

आहितःplaced/laid (upon)

त्वयिon you / in you

साम्प्रतम्now/at present

त्वम्you

सदाalways

नियताdisciplined/regulated

कुर्याshould do/should perform

ब्राह्मणस्थाभिःby/with the Brahmin-deities (Brahmins regarded as deities)

अभिराधनम्worship/propitiation/service

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

brāhmaṇāḥ (Brahmins)

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?

The verse emphasizes dharma through disciplined, continual service and reverence toward Brahmins, treating them as ‘brāhmaṇa-devatāḥ’—worthy of worshipful honor—thus framing service as a moral and religious obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker states that a significant responsibility has been entrusted to a young woman (“vatse”) and instructs her to maintain steady self-discipline and to continue the prescribed honoring/service of Brahmins as an ongoing duty.