Shloka 5

Sāma (Sāntva) and Dāna: The Brāhmaṇa’s Conciliatory Release from a Rākṣasa

Devanagari script

भवतो भावितात्मत्वाल्लाभो<यं सुमहान्‌ मम । भूयो बुद्ध्यानुपश्यामि सुसमृद्धतपा इव

Transliteration

bhavato bhāvitātmatvāl lābho ’yaṃ sumahān mama | bhūyo buddhyānupaśyāmi susamṛddhatapā iva ||

Translation

مَیتریہ نے کہا—آپ کے باطن کی اچھی پرورش و تہذیب کے سبب مجھے یہ نہایت بڑا فائدہ حاصل ہوا ہے۔ پھر بھی، زیادہ روشن فہم کے ساتھ میں آپ کو ایسا دیکھتا ہوں گویا آپ کی ریاضت اور روحانی ضبط و سلوک پوری طرح بارآور و معمور ہو چکے ہوں۔

Word by Word

• भवतः: of you
• भवतः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भावितात्मत्वात्: because of (your) cultivated selfhood / disciplined nature
• भावितात्मत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावितात्मत्व
• Form: नपुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• लाभः: gain, benefit
• लाभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: for me / of me
• मम: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: true

• बुद्ध्या: with (my) understanding
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: स्त्री, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अनुपश्यामि: I perceive/consider (closely)
• अनुपश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन

• सुसमृद्धतपाः: those whose austerity is well-developed
• सुसमृद्धतपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसमृद्धतपस्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• इव: like, as if
• इव: उपमान-चिह्न
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: true

Speaker

मैत्रेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner cultivation (bhāvitātmatva) and mature discipline (tapas) make a person truly worthy of reverence; such refinement benefits others by granting them clarity, confidence, and moral-spiritual insight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maitreya addresses the person before him with respect, saying that the encounter has been a great benefit to him; he recognizes, with renewed discernment, the other’s accomplished austerity and inner refinement.