Shloka 47

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ तपश्न पुण्यं च धर्मश्वैव सनातन:

Transliteration

etat tapaś ca puṇyaṃ ca dharmaś caiva sanātanaḥ

Translation

ఇదే తపస్సు, ఇదే పుణ్యం, ఇదే సనాతన ధర్మం.

Word by Word

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

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• पुण्यम्: merit; virtuous (thing)
• पुण्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• धर्मः: dharma, righteousness, duty
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सनातनः: eternal, ancient
• सनातनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ambarīṣa equates the practice under discussion with three inseparable ideals: tapas (disciplined self-restraint), puṇya (moral-spiritual merit), and sanātana-dharma (the timeless ethical order). The verse stresses that true righteousness is not merely a rule but a perennial principle embodied through inner discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Ambarīṣa is speaking as a teacher-figure, concluding or affirming a point by declaring that what has just been described constitutes genuine austerity, genuine merit, and the eternal form of Dharma.