Shloka 66

उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel

Devanagari script

ततः सिद्धि) परां प्राप्तो ब्राह्मणो राजसत्तम | सम्मतश्नलाभवत्‌ तेषामाश्रमे तन्निवासिनाम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ prāpto brāhmaṇo rājasattama | sammataś ca lābhavat teṣām āśrame tannivāsinām, nṛpaśreṣṭha ||

Translation

ततः सिद्धिं परां प्राप्तो ब्राह्मणो राजसत्तम । सम्मतः स नलाभवत् तेषामाश्रमे तन्निवासिनाम् ॥

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: true

• सिद्धिं: attainment, success, perfection
• सिद्धिं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पराम्: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तः: having attained/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्मतः: approved, honored, respected
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-मत्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तत्: of that (hermitage)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• निवासिनाम्: of the residents/dwellers
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• brāhmaṇa (unnamed)
• nṛpaśreṣṭha / rājasattama (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
• āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Supreme spiritual attainment (parā siddhi) naturally commands respect; genuine honor arises from inner realization and disciplined conduct rather than status or force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma tells the king that a brāhmaṇa, after attaining the highest siddhi, became widely revered by all the residents and practitioners of the hermitage where he lived.