Shloka 44

धर्मनिन्दा–धर्मोपासनाफलम् तथा साध्वाचारलक्षणम्

Fruits of Disparaging vs. Observing Dharma; Marks of Good Conduct

Devanagari script

गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय रणे चाभिमुखो हत: । त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतात्मा समाविश्य द्विजो भवेत्‌

Transliteration

gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya raṇe cābhimukho hataḥ | tretāgnimantrapūtātmā samāviśya dvijo bhavet ||

Translation

Kung ang isang tao, na ang isip ay nalinis sa pamamagitan ng pag-aalaga sa tatlong banal na apoy na ginagabayan ng mga mantra, ay mapatay sa labanan habang kaharap ang kaaway para sa kapakanan ng mga baka at ng mga Brahmin, kung gayon, sa pagpasok sa gayong kabutihang-loob, siya’y muling isisilang bilang “dalawang ulit na isinilang”—isang brāhmaṇa.

Word by Word

• गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय: for the sake of the welfare of cows and Brahmins
• गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-ब्राह्मण-हित-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अभिमुखः: facing (the enemy), confronting
• अभिमुखः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतः: killed, slain
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (हत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतात्मा: one whose self is purified by mantras of the three sacred fires
• त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रेता-अग्नि-मन्त्र-पूत-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाविश्य: having entered, having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-विश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• द्विजः: a twice-born (Brahmin)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (speaker)
• cows (go)
• Brahmins (brāhmaṇa)
• three sacred fires (tretāgni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous intent (protecting cows and Brahmins) combined with ritual purity and courageous, non-retreating conduct in battle is presented as highly meritorious, yielding an exalted rebirth—here stated as birth as a Brahmin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara states a dharma-fruit (phala) teaching: a person devoted to the Vedic three-fire discipline who dies while directly confronting the enemy for the community’s sacred welfare attains a superior next birth.