Shloka 273

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

तापसानां प्रशस्यन्ते गच्छ संजय मा चिरम्‌ | “संजय! हमलोग स्वयं गृहस्थाश्रमका परित्याग करके चले आये हैं

Transliteration

tāpasānāṃ praśasyante gaccha saṃjaya mā ciram |

Translation

Nārada nói: “Đối với bậc khổ hạnh, những cách xả bỏ sinh mạng như thế được xem là đáng tán dương. Vì vậy, Sañjaya, hãy rời khỏi đây ngay—chớ chần chừ.”

Word by Word

• तापसानाम्: of ascetics
• तापसानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रशस्यन्ते: are praised / are considered commendable
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada, Passive/Impersonal (middle usage)

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिरम्: for long / long (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Saṃjaya
• tāpasas (ascetics)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents an ascetic ethic: when one has embraced renunciation, certain disciplined forms of voluntary death are viewed as commendable within that tradition, and attachment-driven hesitation is discouraged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Saṃjaya and urges him to leave immediately, stating that for ascetics such an end is considered praiseworthy; the instruction functions as a prompt to withdraw rather than remain entangled in the moment.