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Shloka 25

Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma

Nāḍījaṅgha

उपैति सत्याद्‌ दान॑ हि तथा यज्ञा: सदक्षिणा: । त्रेताग्निहोत्रं वेदाश्न ये चानन्‍्ये धर्मनिश्चया:

upaiti satyād dānaṁ hi tathā yajñāḥ sadakṣiṇāḥ | tretāgnihotraṁ vedāś ca ye cānanye dharmaniścayāḥ ||

సత్యం ద్వారానే మనిషి దానఫలాన్ని, దక్షిణలతో కూడిన యజ్ఞఫలాన్ని, త్రేతాగ్నుల్లో హోమఫలాన్ని, వేదస్వాధ్యాయఫలాన్ని, అలాగే ధర్మనిర్ణయక ఇతర శాస్త్రాల అధ్యయనఫలాన్ని పొందుతాడు.

उपैतिattains/approaches
उपैति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप-इ (इ धातु)
FormLat (present), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada
सत्यात्from/through truth
सत्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
Formneuter, ablative, singular
दानम्gift/charity (its fruit)
दानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदान
Formneuter, nominative, singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तथाlikewise/so also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
यज्ञाःsacrifices (their fruit)
यज्ञाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
स-दक्षिणाःwith sacrificial fees
स-दक्षिणाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिणा
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
त्रेता-अग्निहोत्रम्the agnihotra with three fires
त्रेता-अग्निहोत्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निहोत्र
Formneuter, nominative, singular
वेद-अध्ययनम्study/recitation of the Vedas
वेद-अध्ययनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्ययन
Formneuter, nominative, singular
येwhich/and those which
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्येother (things/texts)
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
धर्म-निश्चयाःdeterminations/decisions of dharma (treatises that decide dharma)
धर्म-निश्चयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिश्चय
Formmasculine, nominative, plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
V
Vedas
D
dakṣiṇā (priestly fee)
Y
yajña (sacrifice)
T
tretāgni (three sacred fires)
A
agnihotra

Educational Q&A

Truthfulness (satya) is taught as a comprehensive virtue whose spiritual fruit equals that of major religious disciplines—charity, properly endowed sacrifices, maintaining the three fires with agnihotra, and study of the Vedas and other dharma-authoritative texts.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira by ranking and synthesizing virtues: he emphasizes that inner moral integrity—truth—can yield the same merit people seek through elaborate rituals and extensive scriptural learning.