Shloka 15

Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)

Devanagari script

द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च त्वमपीदं तपोवनम्‌ । राजन्नवाप्य दुष्प्रापां गतिमग्र्यां गमिष्यसि

Transliteration

Dvaipāyana-prasādāc ca tvam apīdaṃ tapovanam | rājan avāpya duṣprāpāṃ gatim agryāṃ gamiṣyasi, nareśvara ||

Translation

Nārada nói: “Nhờ ân phúc của Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa), bệ hạ cũng đã đến được khu rừng khổ hạnh này. Đã đến đây rồi, bệ hạ sẽ hành trì khổ hạnh và đạt được cảnh giới tối thượng hiếm có, khó giành—một định mệnh cao quý, hỡi bậc chúa tể loài người.”

Word by Word

• द्वैपायन-प्रसादात्: from the grace of Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• द्वैपायन-प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैपायनप्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• तपोवनम्: forest of austerities (hermitage-grove)
• तपोवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अवाप्य: having attained / having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• दुष्प्रापाम्: hard to obtain
• दुष्प्रापाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्प्राप
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: state/goal, course, destiny
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अग्र्याम्: highest, excellent
• अग्र्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गमिष्यसि: you will go / you will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नर-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• rājan (the king addressed)
• tapovana (forest of austerities)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual progress is enabled by both divine/saintly grace (Vyāsa’s prasāda) and personal discipline (tapas). Even a king, after fulfilling worldly duties, can attain the highest destiny by entering a life of austerity and inner purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses the king who has arrived at the tapovana (hermitage-forest). He explains that this arrival is due to Vyāsa’s grace and foretells that, by practicing austerities there, the king will attain a rare and supreme spiritual end.