Shloka 129

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

मया च सार्ध वरद विबुधैश्न महर्षिभि: । प्रसादयाशु लोकानां शान्तिर्भवतु मा चिरम्‌

Transliteration

mayā ca sārdha vara-da vibudhaiś ca maharṣibhiḥ | prasādayāśu lokānāṃ śāntir bhavatu mā ciram ||

Translation

Arjuna nói: “Hỡi Đấng ban ân phúc! Xin cùng ta—và cùng chư thiên cùng các đại hiền triết—mau chóng làm đẹp lòng Đức Chúa này, để hòa bình được thiết lập khắp các cõi mà không chậm trễ.”

Word by Word

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

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

• सार्धम्: together (with)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम्

• वरद: O boon-giver
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विबुधैः: by/with the gods
• विबुधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महर्षिभिः: by/with the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रसादय: please / propitiate
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादयति (प्र+सद्/साद् caus.)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds / of people
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शान्तिः: peace
• शान्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवतु: let it be / may it become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मा: not (prohibitive/negative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिरम्: for long / long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम्

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Varada (addressed figure, ‘boon-giver’)
• Vibudhas (gods)
• Maharṣis (great seers)
• Bhagavān (the Lord, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Peace in the world is sought through humble supplication and the collective moral-spiritual effort of the righteous—humans, sages, and gods—aimed at winning divine grace for the welfare of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses a revered ‘boon-giver’ and urges swift propitiation of the Lord, invoking the support of gods and great seers, with the explicit aim that universal peace be restored without delay.