Shloka 25

Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)

Devanagari script

एवं मन:समाधान मार्गमातिष्ठतो नृप । द्विजातेब्रह्म भूतस्य स्पृहयन्ति दिवौकस:,नरेश्वर! चित्तको एकाग्र करना-रूप जो साधन है उसका आश्रय लेकर ब्रह्मभूत हुए द्विजके दर्शनकी अभिलाषा देवता भी रखते हैं

Transliteration

evaṁ manaḥ-samādhāna-mārgam ātiṣṭhato nṛpa | dvijātibrahma-bhūtasya spṛhayanti divaukasaḥ ||

Translation

Nakula nói: “Tâu đại vương, khi một bậc ‘hai lần sinh’ (dvija) kiên trì theo con đường nhiếp tâm trong định, đến mức chứng ngộ Phạm (Brahman), thì ngay cả chư thiên nơi cõi trời cũng khát khao được diện kiến người ấy.”

Word by Word

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

• मनः-समाधान-मार्गम्: the path of mental concentration/settling of the mind
• मनः-समाधान-मार्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् + समाधान + मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आतिष्ठतः: he undertakes/stands upon (follows)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

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

• द्विजाति-ब्रह्म-भूतस्य: of the twice-born who has become Brahman (brahma-bhūta)
• द्विजाति-ब्रह्म-भूतस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विजाति + ब्रह्म + भूत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्पृहयन्ति: they desire/long for
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृह्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Active

• दिवौकसः: the dwellers in heaven; gods
• दिवौकसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• nṛpa (the king addressed)
• divaukasaḥ (gods/heaven-dwellers)
• dvijāti (twice-born person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that steadfast mental composure and concentration (manaḥ-samādhāna) can lead a twice-born person to the state of brahma-bhūta (spiritual realization), and that such inner attainment commands reverence so great that even the gods long to behold it—highlighting self-mastery as the highest excellence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula addresses a king and praises the spiritual stature of a dvija who follows the path of mind-settling concentration; he emphasizes the extraordinary honor accorded to such a realized person by stating that even heavenly beings desire that person’s darśana (sight).