Shloka 20

धर्म उवाच द्विजाते पश्य मां धर्ममहं त्वां द्रष्टमागत: । जप्यस्यास्य फल यत्तत्‌ सम्प्राप्तं तच्च मे शूणु,धर्म बोले--विप्रवर! तुम मेरी ओर देखो। मैं धर्म हूँ और तुम्हारा दर्शन करनेके लिये आया हूँ। तुम्हें इस झपका जो फल प्राप्त हुआ है, वह सब मुझसे सुन लो

dharma uvāca | dvijate paśya māṃ dharmam ahaṃ tvāṃ draṣṭum āgataḥ | japyasyāsya phalaṃ yat tat samprāptaṃ tac ca me śṛṇu |

ధర్ముడు అన్నాడు—ఓ ద్విజా! నన్ను చూడు. నేను ధర్ముడను; నిన్ను దర్శించడానికి వచ్చాను. ఈ జపం ద్వారా నీవు పొందిన ఫలాన్ని నన్ను నుండి విను.

धर्मःDharma (personified)
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
द्विजातेO twice-born (brahmin)
द्विजाते:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पश्यsee, look
पश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
धर्मम्Dharma
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
द्रष्टुम्to see
द्रष्टुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormTumun (infinitive)
आगतःcome, arrived
आगतः:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
FormPast active participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
जप्यस्यof what is to be muttered/recited
जप्यस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootजप्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अस्यof this
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यत्which
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सम्प्राप्तम्obtained, attained
सम्प्राप्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-प्र-आप्
FormPast passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेto me / of me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative/Genitive, Singular
शृणुhear, listen
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

धर्म उवाच

D
Dharma
D
Dvija (Brahmin/initiated person)
J
Japa (sacred recitation)

Educational Q&A

Righteous practice—here, japa—yields a definite moral and spiritual result (phala), and Dharma itself is portrayed as the authority who reveals and confirms that outcome, emphasizing accountability and the ethical structure of action and consequence.

Dharma appears in person before a dvija, asks him to look, identifies himself, and announces that he has come specifically to disclose the reward the man has earned through his japa, setting up an instructive revelation about merit.