Shanti Parva Adhyaya 296 Shloka 16 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Shloka 16

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

एते स्वां प्रकृति प्राप्ता वैदेह तपसो5<5श्रयात्‌ । प्रतिष्ठिता वेदविदो दमेन तपसैव हि

Transliteration

ete svāṁ prakṛtiṁ prāptā vaideha tapaso 'śrayāt | pratiṣṭhitā vedavido damena tapasāiva hi ||

Translation

एते स्वां प्रकृतिं प्राप्ता वैदेह तपसोऽश्रयात् । प्रतिष्ठिता वेदविदो दमेन तपसैव हि ॥

Word by Word

एतेthese (men)

स्वाम्their own

प्रकृतिम्natural state / original nature

प्राप्ताःhaving attained / having reached

वैदेहO Vaideha (Janaka)

तपसःfrom austerity

आश्रयात्from reliance / from resorting (to it)

प्रतिष्ठिताःestablished / firmly set

वेदविदःknowers of the Veda

दमेनby self-control

तपसाby austerity

एवindeed / only

हिfor / indeed

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

प

पराशर (Parāśara)

व

वैदेह (Vaideha/Janaka of Videha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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