Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 39 Shloka 18 - Mahabharata | Russian | Vedapath

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Shloka 18

Adhyāya 39 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on attachment (saṅga) and relational restraint

Devanagari script

(विद्याविदो लोकविद: तपोबलसमन्विता: । नित्यपूज्याश्र वन्द्याश्न द्विजा लोकद्वयेच्छुभि: ।।

Transliteration

somah uvāca | vidyāvido lokavidaḥ tapobalasamanvitāḥ | nityapūjyāś ca vandyāś ca dvijā lokadvaye hitaiḥ || ity etan me pitā śrutvā somād adbhutadarśanāt | brāhmaṇān pūjayāmāsa tathaivāhaṃ mahāvratān ||

Translation

Сома сказал: «Те, кто желает блага и в этом мире, и в мире ином, должны всегда чтить и с поклоном приветствовать брахманов, сведущих в священном знании, понимающих мирские дела и наделённых силой подвижничества и мощью». Услышав это наставление от Сомы — дивного обликом, — мой отец почтил таких брахманов великих обетов; и я поступаю так же.

Word by Word

विद्याविदःknowers of learning

लोकविदःknowers of worldly matters

तपोबलसमन्विताःendowed with ascetic power and strength

नित्यपूज्याःalways worthy of worship

वन्द्याःworthy of reverence

द्विजाःBrahmins (twice-born)

लोकद्वयin the two worlds (this and the next)

इच्छुभिःby those who desire

शुभिःgood (people)

Speaker

सोम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Soma (Candra)

Soma's father

Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

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?

One who seeks well-being in both this life and the next should continually honor and show reverence to Brahmins characterized by learning (vidyā), worldly discernment (loka-jñāna), and ascetic power (tapas/bala). The verse frames such respect as a dharmic practice with benefits spanning the 'two worlds.'

What is happening in the narrative?

Soma speaks a maxim about whom to honor for the sake of welfare in both worlds. He then adds a personal testimony: his father, after hearing this instruction from Soma (described as wondrous in appearance), worshipped great-vowed Brahmins, and Soma states that he follows the same practice.