Shloka 5

Sāma (Sāntva) and Dāna: The Brāhmaṇa’s Conciliatory Release from a Rākṣasa

Devanagari script

भवतो भावितात्मत्वाल्लाभो<यं सुमहान्‌ मम । भूयो बुद्ध्यानुपश्यामि सुसमृद्धतपा इव

Transliteration

bhavato bhāvitātmatvāl lābho ’yaṃ sumahān mama | bhūyo buddhyānupaśyāmi susamṛddhatapā iva ||

Translation

మైత్రేయుడు అన్నాడు—మీ అంతఃకరణం సుసంస్కృతమైనందువల్ల నాకు ఇది మహత్తర లాభమైంది. మరల, స్పష్టమైన బుద్ధితో నేను మిమ్మల్ని సమృద్ధమైన తపస్సు, సాధన కలవాడిగా దర్శిస్తున్నాను.

Word by Word

• भवतः: of you
• भवतः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भावितात्मत्वात्: because of (your) cultivated selfhood / disciplined nature
• भावितात्मत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावितात्मत्व
• Form: नपुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• लाभः: gain, benefit
• लाभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: for me / of me
• मम: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: true

• बुद्ध्या: with (my) understanding
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: स्त्री, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अनुपश्यामि: I perceive/consider (closely)
• अनुपश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन

• सुसमृद्धतपाः: those whose austerity is well-developed
• सुसमृद्धतपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसमृद्धतपस्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• इव: like, as if
• इव: उपमान-चिह्न
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: true

Speaker

मैत्रेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner cultivation (bhāvitātmatva) and mature discipline (tapas) make a person truly worthy of reverence; such refinement benefits others by granting them clarity, confidence, and moral-spiritual insight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maitreya addresses the person before him with respect, saying that the encounter has been a great benefit to him; he recognizes, with renewed discernment, the other’s accomplished austerity and inner refinement.