Shloka 8

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

मनसा चिन्तिता हार्था धर्मार्थकुशलैस्तदा । उपतिष्ठ न्ति राजेन्द्र द्विजातींस्तत्र तत्र ह

Transliteration

manasā cintitā hy arthā dharmārthakuśalais tadā | upatiṣṭhanti rājendra dvijātīṁs tatra tatra ha ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: О царь, в то время всё, что сведущие в дхарме и артхе лишь помышляли в уме, тотчас являлось—возникая то здесь, то там, словно призванное,—перед дважды-рождёнными (двиджа).

Word by Word

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चिन्तिताः: thought of, contemplated
• चिन्तिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्तित (√चिन्त्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अर्थाः: objects/things (desired)
• अर्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मार्थकुशलैः: by those skilled in dharma and artha
• धर्मार्थकुशलैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मार्थकुशल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• उपतिष्ठन्ति: they come near / present themselves
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√स्था
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• राजेन्द्र: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्विजातीन्: twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजातीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तत्र: there (here and there)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya)
• dvijāti (twice-born)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When intention is disciplined and aligned with dharma (right order) and artha (right means), results are portrayed as naturally and swiftly arising. The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s idea that inner resolve, supported by ethical competence, can shape outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a remarkable condition: the twice-born, being adept in dharma and artha, obtain whatever they mentally conceive, as those desired objects immediately appear before them in various places.