Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स मार्ममाश्रितो राजन्नृषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्‌ । स्वाध्यायवान्‌ धर्मरतस्तपस्वी विजितेन्द्रिय:

Transliteration

sa mārgam āśrito rājann ṛṣīṇām ūrdhvaretasām | svādhyāyavān dharmaratas tapasvī vijitendriyaḥ ||

Translation

اے راجن! اس نے اُردھوریتا رشیوں کے طریق—برہماچریہ—کا سہارا لیا تھا۔ وہ ویدی سْوادھیائے میں ہمہ وقت مشغول، دھرم کے عمل میں رَت؛ تپسوی اور حواس پر غالب تھا۔

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'mārga', 'definition': 'path

• disciplined way of life'}, {'term': 'āśrita', 'definition': 'having resorted to

• taking refuge in'}, {'term': 'rājan', 'definition': 'O king (vocative address)'}, {'term': 'ṛṣi', 'definition': 'seer

• sage'}, {'term': 'ūrdhvaretas', 'definition': 'one whose vital energy is directed upward

• a celibate/continent ascetic (brahmacārī ideal)'}, {'term': 'svādhyāya', 'definition': 'Vedic study and recitation

• disciplined self-study'}, {'term': 'svādhyāyavān', 'definition': 'devoted to svādhyāya

• diligent in study'}, {'term': 'dharma-rata', 'definition': 'delighting in dharma

• committed to righteous conduct'}, {'term': 'tapasvī', 'definition': 'ascetic

• practitioner of austerities'}, {'term': 'vijita-indriya', 'definition': 'one who has conquered the senses

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• King (rājan)
• Ṛṣis (sages) of ūrdhvaretas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical strength is grounded in disciplined living: celibate restraint (ūrdhvaretas), steady Vedic study (svādhyāya), commitment to dharma, and mastery over the senses (vijitendriya) culminating in tapas.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a person’s character to the king, emphasizing that he follows the ascetic path of the sages—studying the Veda, practicing dharma, controlling the senses, and performing austerities.