Shloka 18

कृपवाक्यं तथा नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel and a Discourse on Statecraft

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मघोषाश्व॒ भूयांस: पूर्णाहुत्यस्तथैव च । क्रतवश्व भविष्यन्ति भूयांसो भूरिदक्षिणा:,“उस देश या जनपदमें प्रचुररूपसे वेदध्वनि होती होगी, यज्ञोंमें पूर्णाहुतियाँ दी जाती होंगी और बड़ी-बड़ी दक्षिणाओंवाले बहुत-से यज्ञ हो रहे होंगे

Transliteration

brahmaghoṣāś ca bhūyāṁsaḥ pūrṇāhutayas tathaiva ca | kratavaś ca bhaviṣyanti bhūyāṁso bhūridakṣiṇāḥ ||

Translation

ในแผ่นดินนั้น เสียงสาธยายพระเวท—พรหมโฆษ—จักก้องกังวานอย่างอุดม ยัญพิธีจักมีการถวายปูรณาหุติให้ครบถ้วน และพิธีกรรมใหญ่หลายนับไม่ถ้วนจักบังเกิด พร้อมด้วยทักษิณาอันมากมาย

Word by Word

ब्रह्मघोषाःVedic chants/sounds

चand

भूयांसःmore, abundant

पूर्णाहुत्यःfull oblations (pūrṇāhuti offerings)

तथाthus, likewise

एवindeed, just

चand

क्रतवःsacrifices, rites

चand

भविष्यन्तिwill be / will occur

भूयांसःmore, many

भूरिदक्षिणाःhaving abundant gifts (large-fee)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Veda (as sacred recitation)

yajña/kratu (sacrifice)

pūrṇāhuti (final/complete oblation)

dakṣiṇā (ritual gift/fee)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises a society grounded in dharma: Vedic study and sacred recitation, properly completed sacrifices, and generous giving (dakṣiṇā). It links spiritual discipline with ethical prosperity—ritual correctness and charity as markers of a well-ordered land.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes (or infers) the character of a certain region by its religious signs: frequent Vedic chanting, sacrifices brought to completion with full oblations, and many rites accompanied by large gifts—indicating a flourishing, dharma-oriented community.