Shloka 88

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच यत्र वेदाश्न यज्ञाश्न॒ तप: सत्यं दमस्तथा

Transliteration

śrībhagavān uvāca yatra vedāś ca yajñāś ca tapaḥ satyaṃ damas tathā

Translation

Đức Thế Tôn phán: “Cõi ấy là nơi Kinh Veda và các nghi lễ tế tự được tôn trì, và nơi khổ hạnh, chân thật cùng sự tự chế cũng ngự trị.”

Word by Word

• श्रीभगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• श्रीभगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीभगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• वेदाः: the Vedas
• वेदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices
• यज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दमः: self-control
• दमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• śrībhagavān
• veda
• yajña
• tapas
• satya
• dama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines a dharmic ideal: a truly worthy realm or state of life is characterized by reverence for sacred knowledge (Vedas), performance of rightful duties (yajña), and inner virtues—discipline (tapas), truthfulness (satya), and self-restraint (dama).

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, the speaker presents a description of the qualities that mark an elevated condition—emphasizing both outward religious duty (Vedic learning and sacrifice) and inward moral cultivation (austerity, truth, and restraint).