Shloka 31

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

उपदिश्य ततो धर्म ब्रह्मणेडमिततेजसे

Transliteration

upadiśya tato dharma brahmaṇeḍamitatejase

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—پھر اسے دھرم کی تعلیم دے کر اُس بے اندازہ جلال والے برہمن سے یہ بات کہی۔

Word by Word

• उपदिश्य: having instructed / after teaching
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√दिश्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव (active sense)

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• धर्मम्: dharma; righteousness; duty
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मणे: to Brahmā / to the Brahman (priest/sage)
• ब्रह्मणे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (stem: brahman-), Dative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अमिततेजसे: to (one) of immeasurable splendor
• अमिततेजसे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-तेजस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (stem: tejas-), Dative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇa (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma as something to be deliberately taught and transmitted: ethical order is preserved through instruction given to a qualified recipient (a brāhmaṇa of great spiritual potency).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a prior section of dharma-teaching has been delivered; now the speaker turns to address a brāhmaṇa directly, introducing the next statement (‘this’) as a continuation of the instruction.