Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 173

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

एवमेतत्‌ पठन्ते य एकभक्‍्त्या तु शड्करम्‌ | या गति: सांख्ययोगानां व्रजन्त्येतां गतिं तदा

Transliteration

evam etat paṭhante ye ekabhaktyā tu śaṅkaram | yā gatiḥ sāṅkhyayogānāṁ vrajanty etāṁ gatiṁ tadā ||

Translation

Đúng như vậy. Ai tụng đọc thánh ca này với lòng sùng kính nhất tâm hướng về Śaṅkara sẽ đạt đến chính cảnh giới tối thượng mà các bậc thông đạt Sāṅkhya và các yogin đạt được.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this (thing/statement)
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• पठन्ते: they recite/read
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ्
• Form: present, ātmanepada, 3rd, plural

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• एकभक्त्या: with single-pointed devotion
• एकभक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकभक्ति
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• तु: indeed, but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• या: which
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• गतिः: state/goal, attainment
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• सांख्ययोगानाम्: of the Sāṅkhyas and Yogas / of Sāṅkhya and Yoga (followers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांख्ययोग
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• व्रजन्ति: they go/attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: present, parasmaipada, 3rd, plural

• एताम्: this (that) (goal)
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• गतिम्: goal/state
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• तदा: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (speaker)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-minded devotion to Śiva, expressed through faithful recitation of his hymn, can grant the same ultimate spiritual attainment that is otherwise reached through the demanding disciplines of Sāṅkhya (liberating knowledge) and Yoga (meditative practice).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva concludes with a result-statement (phalaśruti): he declares the spiritual fruit of reciting the Śiva-stotra—namely, that the devotee attains the highest goal comparable to that of accomplished Sāṅkhya-knowers and yogins.