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Shloka 3

Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)

अकामद्वेषसंयोगलो भद्रोहाच्च भारत । उपेक्षया च भावानां देवा देवत्वमाप्रुवन्‌,“भरतनन्दन! काम (राग), द्वेष, संयोग (ममता), लोभ और दट्रोह (क्रोध)-रूपी दोषोंसे रहित होनेके कारण तथा दूषित भावोंकी उपेक्षा कर देनेके कारण ही देवताओंने देवत्व प्राप्त किया है

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

akāmadveṣasaṃyogalobhadrohācca bhārata |

upekṣayā ca bhāvānāṃ devā devatvam āpruvan ||

اے بھارت! خواہش (راغ)، نفرت، وابستگی (ممتا)، لالچ اور دُروہ (دشمنانہ غضب) جیسے عیوب سے پاک رہنے اور آلودہ کیفیاتِ نفس کو نظرانداز کرنے ہی کے سبب دیوتاؤں نے دیوتا پن حاصل کیا۔

अकामद्वेषसंयोगलोभद्रोहात्from (the faults of) desirelessness/absence of lust, hatred, attachment, greed, and malice
अकामद्वेषसंयोगलोभद्रोहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअकाम-द्वेष-संयोग-लोभ-द्रोह
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भारतO Bhārata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
उपेक्षयाby disregard/indifference
उपेक्षया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootउपेक्षा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भावानाम्of (worldly/impure) mental states
भावानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
देवत्वम्godhood/divine status
देवत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेवत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आप्नुवन्attained
आप्नुवन्:
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (आप्नोति)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
B
Bhārata (addressee)
D
Devas (the gods)

Educational Q&A

Divinity (devatva) is presented as the fruit of inner purification: freedom from desire, hatred, possessive clinging, greed, and hostile wrath, along with the disciplined practice of disregarding corrupting mental states.

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a moral principle is stated to the Bharata listener: the gods became gods not merely by power, but by ethical and psychological mastery—abandoning key inner दोषs and remaining detached from tainted भावs.