Shloka 2

Adhyāya 32: Tāpasānāṃ Darśanaṃ — Ascetics Seek to Identify the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

विधि परममास्थाय ब्रद्मर्षिविहितं शुभम्‌ । संहृष्टमनस: सर्वे देवलोक इवामरा:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

vidhiṃ paramam āsthāya brahmarṣi-vihitaṃ śubham |

saṃhṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ sarve devaloka ivāmarāḥ ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—विधिं परममास्थाय ब्रह्मर्षिविहितं शुभम् । संहृष्टमनसः सर्वे देवलोक इवामराः ॥

Word by Word

• विधिम्: rule, procedure
• विधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme, excellent
• परमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having resorted to, adopting
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्था (आ + स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• ब्रह्मर्षि-विहितम्: ordained/prescribed by brahmarishis
• ब्रह्मर्षि-विहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहित (वि + धा, past passive participle) / ब्रह्मर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शुभम्: auspicious, good
• शुभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संहृष्ट-मनसः: whose minds were delighted
• संहृष्ट-मनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् / संहृष्ट (सम् + हृष्, past participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवलोके: in heaven, in the world of the gods
• देवलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अमराः: immortals; gods
• अमराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brahmarṣis
• devaloka
• amaras (gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True harmony arises when one adopts a dharmic discipline sanctioned by wise seers—an auspicious code that restrains disruptive emotions and cultivates joyful, respectful relations.

What is happening in the narrative?

The group collectively takes up an elevated, seer-ordained mode of conduct and meets one another in a spirit of gladness and concord, their shared joy compared to the gods’ happiness in heaven.