Shloka 34

Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant

Devanagari script

तथाविधानामेष लोको महर्षे विशुद्धानां भावितो वाग्यतानाम्‌ | सत्ये स्थितानां वेदविदां महात्मनां परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | tathāvidhānām eṣa loko maharṣe viśuddhānāṃ bhāvito vāgyatānām | satye sthitānāṃ vedavidāṃ mahātmanāṃ paraṃ gantā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra |

Translation

ధృతరాష్ట్రుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ మహర్షీ! అంతఃకరణం శుద్ధమైన, వాక్సంయములు, సత్యంలో స్థిరమైన, వేదవేత్తలైన మహాత్ములకే ఈ లోకం. కానీ ధృతరాష్ట్రుడు ఆ పరమ గమ్యాన్ని పొందడు.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विधानाम्: of such kinds (of persons)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधा
• Form: feminine, genitive, plural

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• लोकः: world, realm
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महर्षे: O great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• विशुद्धानाम्: of the pure
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• भावितः: made fit, destined/ordained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वाक्: speech
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• यतानाम्: of the restrained (self-controlled)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• सत्ये: in truth
• सत्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• स्थितानाम्: of those abiding/standing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• वेदविदाम्: of the knowers of the Veda
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• परम्: further, beyond; (here) to the highest state
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर

• गन्ता: will go / is destined to go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: future (periphrastic/agent noun -tṛ), singular

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Mahārṣi (the seer addressed)
• Veda
• Loka (realm/world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links spiritual attainment to ethical discipline: purity of intention, restraint in speech, steadfast truthfulness, and Vedic wisdom qualify one for a higher realm; lacking these, one does not reach that destination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses a seer and acknowledges that a particular exalted realm is reserved for the purified and truth-established sages, while admitting that he himself will not attain it.