Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणस्य विशुद्धस्य तपस्यभिरतस्य च । निराशिषो वदान्यस्य लोका हुक्षरसम्मिता:

Transliteration

brāhmaṇasya viśuddhasya tapasyabhiratasya ca | nirāśiṣo vadānyasya lokā hu kṣarasammitāḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Para sa isang Brahmin na dalisay, nakatuon sa pag-aayuno at pagninilay (tapas), walang inaasahang gantimpala, at likás na mapagbigay, ang mga daigdig na kaniyang nararating ay tunay na nasusukat na di-nasisira—tiwasay at nagtatagal, gaya ng bunga ng gayong walang-sariling disiplina.”

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणस्यof a Brahmin

विशुद्धस्यof the pure

तपस्यभिरतस्यof one devoted to austerity

चand

निराशिषःof one without expectation (of reward)

वदान्यस्यof the generous

लोकाःworlds (realms)

हुतक्षर-सम्मिताःmeasured by (the number of) uttered syllables (in oblations)

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

brāhmaṇa (ideal Brahmin)

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?

Purity, austerity, generosity, and freedom from desire for reward together constitute a high dharmic ideal; such selfless discipline is said to yield enduring spiritual results (stable ‘worlds’/realms of attainment).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse setting, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about the spiritual destiny of a virtuous Brahmin, emphasizing that the fruit of pure, selfless tapas and generosity is lasting.