Shloka 106

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

तरड्राड़कितकेशाय मुज्जकेशाय वै नमः । नम: षट्कर्मतुष्टाय त्रिकर्मनिरताय च

Transliteration

taraḍrāḍakitakeśāya mujjakeśāya vai namaḥ | namaḥ ṣaṭkarmatūṣṭāya trikarmaniratāya ca

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا: جن کے بال کھردرے اور الجھے ہوئے ہیں، جن کی جٹائیں مُنج کے مانند ہیں—اُنہیں نمسکار۔ جو شَٹ کرموں سے راضی رہتے ہیں اور تْرِی کرموں میں یکسو رہتے ہیں—اُنہیں پرنام۔

Word by Word

• तरड्राड़कितकेशाय: to the one whose hair is (called) taraḍrāḍakita
• तरड्राड़कितकेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरड्राड़कित-केश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मुज्जकेशाय: to the one with muñja-grass-like hair / with a muñja-hair tuft
• मुज्जकेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुज्ज-केश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• षट्कर्मतुष्टाय: to the one pleased with the six rites/acts
• षट्कर्मतुष्टाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्-कर्म-तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• त्रिकर्मनिरताय: to the one engaged in the three acts/rites
• त्रिकर्मनिरताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-कर्म-निरत
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• an ascetic/holy figure being saluted (unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma is portrayed as disciplined adherence to prescribed duties—contentment with one’s obligations (ṣaṭ-karma) and steady engagement in essential acts (tri-karma)—supported by inner restraint, symbolized by ascetic appearance.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma offers a reverential salutation (a stuti-like line) to an ascetic ideal or revered figure, highlighting austerity and dutiful conduct as exemplary virtues.