Shloka 41

Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala

On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving

Devanagari script

एतदू्‌ राज्यफलं चैव तपसश्न॒ फलं मम । यदि त्वं प्रीतिमान्‌ विप्र मयि वै भूगुनन्दन

Transliteration

etad rājyaphalaṃ caiva tapasaś ca phalaṃ mama | yadi tvaṃ prītimān vipra mayi vai bhṛgunandana ||

Translation

కుశికుడు అన్నాడు— ఓ విప్రా, ఓ భృగునందనా, మీరు నిజంగా నాపై ప్రసన్నులైతే, ఇదే నా రాజ్యఫలం; ఇదే నా తపస్సు ఫలం।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राज्यफलम्: the fruit of kingship
• राज्यफलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्यफल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तपसः: of austerity
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: my/of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• प्रीतिमान्: pleased/affectionate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विप्र: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मयि: in me/towards me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• वै: indeed/surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• भृगुनन्दन: O descendant/son of Bhṛgu
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कुशिक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kuśika
• Bhṛgunandana (a Bhārgava sage/descendant of Bhṛgu)
• Bhṛgu (implied by the epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True success in power (rājya) and in ascetic effort (tapas) is measured by ethical approval and goodwill—especially the satisfaction of a righteous, learned Brahmin—rather than by mere external achievements.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kuśika addresses a Bhārgava Brahmin with reverence, declaring that the greatest ‘fruit’ of his kingship and austerities is the Brahmin’s pleasure and favorable regard toward him.