Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 123 Shloka 14 - Mahabharata | Telugu | Vedapath

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Shloka 14

Dāna–Tapaḥ Praśaṃsā and Gṛhastha-Upadeśa

Maitreya

Devanagari script

अवाप च पदं कीट: पार्थ ब्रह्म सनातनम्‌ | स्वकर्मफलनिर्व॑त्तं व्यासस्य वचनात्‌ तदा,पार्थ! व्यासजीके कथनानुसार उसने स्वधर्मका पालन किया था। उसीका यह फल हुआ कि उस कीटने सनातन ब्रह्मपद प्राप्त कर लिया

Transliteration

avāpa ca padaṁ kīṭaḥ pārtha brahma sanātanam | svakarmaphalanirvṛttaṁ vyāsasya vacanāt tadā, pārtha! |

Translation

“పార్థా! ఆ కీటుడు సనాతన బ్రహ్మపదాన్ని పొందాడు. ఇది అతని స్వకర్మఫలమే—అప్పుడు వ్యాసుని వచనానుసారం తన నియతధర్మాన్ని ఆచరించినందువల్ల.”

Word by Word

अवापobtained, attained

चand

पदम्state, abode, position

कीटःthe insect/worm

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)

सनातनम्eternal

स्वकर्मफलनिर्वृत्तम्resulting from one's own action's fruit / brought about by the fruit of his own deeds

व्यासस्यof Vyasa

वचनात्from (the) word/command; due to the statement

तदाthen, at that time

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Partha (Arjuna)

Kita (the insect)

Vyasa

Brahman (sanatana brahma-pada)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a seemingly insignificant being can reach the highest spiritual goal when it faithfully performs its own prescribed duty; liberation is presented as the mature fruit of rightly done action (svakarma) guided by authoritative instruction (Vyasa’s word).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses Arjuna and cites an example: an insect, by following Vyasa’s directive and adhering to its own dharma, gains the eternal Brahman-state—illustrating the power of disciplined conduct and the inevitability of karma’s fruit.