Shloka 27

Devanagari script

मणिभद्र उवाच सदा धर्मफलं राज्यं सुखानि विविधानि च । फलान्येवायमश्नातु कायक्लेशविवर्जित:,मणिभद्र बोला--धर्मके फल तो सदा राज्य और नाना प्रकारके सुख ही हैं; अतः यह ब्राह्मण शारीरिक कष्टसे रहित हो केवल उन फलोंका ही उपभोग करे

Transliteration

Maṇibhadra uvāca: sadā dharma-phalaṁ rājyaṁ sukhāni vividhāni ca | phalāny evāyam aśnātu kāya-kleśa-vivarjitaḥ ||

Translation

Манибхадра сказал: «Плод дхармы — всегда владычество и многие виды счастья. Потому пусть этот брахман, свободный от телесных тягот, вкушает лишь эти плоды».

Word by Word

मणिभद्रःManibhadra

उवाचsaid

सदाalways

धर्मफलम्the fruit of dharma

राज्यम्kingship, sovereignty

सुखानिpleasures, comforts

विविधानिvarious, manifold

चand

फलानिfruits, results

एवindeed, only

अयम्this (man)

अश्नातुlet him eat/enjoy

कायक्लेशविवर्जितःfree from bodily hardship

Speaker

मणिभद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Maṇibhadra

brāhmaṇa

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?

Maṇibhadra frames dharma as yielding tangible rewards—sovereignty and diverse happiness—and advises that one who has earned such merit should enjoy its results without self-inflicted bodily suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Maṇibhadra speaks to recommend that a brāhmaṇa (the person under discussion) should partake of the rightful fruits of his dharmic conduct, rather than embracing physical austerity or hardship.