Shloka 47

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ तपश्न पुण्यं च धर्मश्वैव सनातन:

Transliteration

etat tapaś ca puṇyaṃ ca dharmaś caiva sanātanaḥ

Translation

یہی ریاضت ہے، یہی ثواب ہے، اور یہی سناتن دھرم ہے۔

Word by Word

एतत्this

तपःausterity, penance

चand

पुण्यम्merit; virtuous (thing)

चand

धर्मःdharma, righteousness, duty

एवindeed, just, certainly

सनातनःeternal, ancient

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ambarīṣa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ambarīṣa equates the practice under discussion with three inseparable ideals: tapas (disciplined self-restraint), puṇya (moral-spiritual merit), and sanātana-dharma (the timeless ethical order). The verse stresses that true righteousness is not merely a rule but a perennial principle embodied through inner discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Ambarīṣa is speaking as a teacher-figure, concluding or affirming a point by declaring that what has just been described constitutes genuine austerity, genuine merit, and the eternal form of Dharma.