Shloka 216

Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa

Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment

Devanagari script

तान्युपादाय विस्रब्धो भक्षयामास स द्विज: । भाई शंखके आश्रममें जाकर लिखितने खूब पके हुए बहुत-से फल तोड़कर गिराये और उन सबको लेकर वे ब्रह्मर्षि बड़ी निश्चिन्तताके साथ खाने लगे

Transliteration

tāny upādāya visrabdho bhakṣayāmāsa sa dvijaḥ |

Translation

Gom nhặt những trái ấy xong, vị Bà-la-môn, lòng đã an nhiên không vướng lo, liền ung dung dùng chúng làm thức ăn. Cảnh ấy nêu bật một nếp sống giản dị, không bạo hại, và sự tri túc điềm tĩnh của bậc khổ hạnh: chỉ nhận lấy điều sẵn có, không tham cầu, không gây tổn hại.

Word by Word

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उपादाय: having taken (them)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-दा (दा)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having taken up

• विस्रब्धः: at ease, unafraid
• विस्रब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्रब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भक्षयामास: ate, began to eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजः: the brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्यास (Vyāsa)
• द्विज (a Brahmin/ascetic)
• फल (fruits)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights contentment and restraint: taking what is naturally available and living without fear or agitation, reflecting an ethical ideal of non-greedy, non-harmful sustenance.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin/ascetic gathers the fallen or obtained fruits and, feeling secure and untroubled, eats them—depicting a quiet moment of simple subsistence within the broader Shanti Parva discourse.