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Shloka 123

Devanagari script

वेदान्तगो ब्राह्मण: स्यात्‌ क्षत्रियो विजयी भवेत्‌ । वैश्यो धनसमृद्धः स्याच्छूद्र: सुखमवाप्रुयात्‌

Transliteration

vedāntago brāhmaṇaḥ syāt kṣatriyo vijayī bhavet | vaiśyo dhanasamṛddhaḥ syāc chūdraḥ sukham avāpnuyāt ||

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า—ด้วยการฟัง การสวดอ่าน และการขับสรรเสริญวิษณุสหัสรนามะ พราหมณ์ย่อมเป็นผู้รู้เวทานตะ; กษัตริย์ย่อมมีชัยในสงคราม; แพศย์ย่อมมั่งคั่งด้วยทรัพย์; และศูทรย่อมได้ความสุข.

Word by Word

वेदान्तगःone who has gone to/attained Vedānta; versed in Vedānta

ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin

स्यात्would be / may become

क्षत्रियःa Kshatriya

विजयीvictorious

भवेत्would become / may become

वैश्यःa Vaishya

धनसमृद्धःprosperous in wealth

स्यात्would be / may become

शूद्रःa Shudra

सुखम्happiness, comfort

अवाप्नुयात्would obtain / may attain

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Viṣṇu

Viṣṇu-sahasranāma

brāhmaṇa

kṣatriya

vaiśya

śūdra

Vedānta

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Devotional engagement with the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma—listening, reciting, and singing—produces auspicious results for all, aligning with each varṇa’s legitimate aims: wisdom for the brāhmaṇa, victory for the kṣatriya, prosperity for the vaiśya, and happiness for the śūdra.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Within the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma section, he states the fruits (phalaśruti) of the hymn, emphasizing its universal efficacy and practical benefits when practiced through śravaṇa, paṭhana, and kīrtana.