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Shloka 25

Vidurā–Putra Saṃvāda: Utsāha, Kīrti, and Kṣātra Resolve

Udyoga-parva 131

Devanagari script

नित्यं स्वाहा स्वधा नित्यं दद्युर्मानुषदेवता: । दीर्घमायुर्धन॑ पुत्रान्‌ सम्यगाराधिता: शुभा:

Transliteration

nityaṃ svāhā svadhā nityaṃ dadyur mānuṣadevatāḥ | dīrgham āyur dhanaṃ putrān samyag ārādhitāḥ śubhāḥ ||

Translation

மனிதக் காரியங்களைப் பேணும் நல்வரத் தெய்வங்கள் எப்போதும் ‘ஸ்வாஹா’, எப்போதும் ‘ஸ்வதா’ என்று உரைப்பர்; முறையாக ஆராதிக்கப்பட்டால் நீண்ட ஆயுள், செல்வம், புதல்வர்கள் ஆகிய வரங்களையே அளிப்பர்।

Word by Word

नित्यम्always

स्वाहाSvāhā (oblation-formula; deity of offerings)

स्वधाSvadhā (pitṛ-offering formula; associated with ancestors)

नित्यम्always

दद्युःwould give / should grant

मानुषदेवताःhuman deities (i.e., Brāhmaṇas)

दीर्घम्long

आयुःlife, lifespan

धनम्wealth

पुत्रान्sons

सम्यक्properly, duly

आराधिताःworshipped, propitiated

शुभाःauspicious (ones)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

svāhā

svadhā

mānuṣa-devatāḥ (human-associated deities)

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?

Proper worship and ritual duty—especially the twin obligations of offerings to gods (svāhā) and to ancestors (svadhā)—sustain dharmic life and are traditionally associated with blessings such as longevity, prosperity, and continuity of lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is speaking about the results of correct propitiation: benevolent divine powers connected with human welfare, when duly honored, grant boons oriented toward auspicious worldly stability—life, wealth, and offspring—framing ritual observance as ethically meaningful support for household order.