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Shloka 53

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

इक्ष्वाकुके उपदेशसे इस सात्वत धर्मका सम्पूर्ण जगतमें प्रचार और प्रसार हो गया। नरेश्वर! कल्पान्तमें यह धर्म फिर भगवान्‌ नारायणको ही प्राप्त हो जायगा ।।

Vaishampāyana uvāca | Ikṣvāku-ke upadeśa se asya Sātvata-dharmasya sampūrṇa-jagate pracāraḥ prasāraś ca abhavat | Nareśvara! kalpānte ayaṃ dharmaḥ punaḥ Bhagavantaṃ Nārāyaṇam eva prāpsyati || Yatīnāṃ cāpi yo dharmaḥ sa te pūrvaṃ nṛpottama kathito Hari-gītāsu samāsa-vidhi-kalpitaḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Nhờ lời giáo huấn của Ikṣvāku, Sātvata dharma này đã được rao truyền và lan rộng khắp thế gian. Hỡi đại vương, đến lúc tận cùng của một kiếp (kalpa), dharma ấy sẽ lại quy về duy nhất Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa. Còn về kỷ luật của các bậc xuất ly (yati), hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng vua chúa, ta đã từng giảng cho ngài trước đây trong ‘Những khúc ca của Hari’, theo lối trình bày cô đọng.”

यतीनाम्of ascetics
यतीनाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootयति
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
यःwhich/that (who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःdharma, duty, law
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःthat
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular
पूर्वम्formerly, earlier
पूर्वम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
नृपोत्तमO best of kings
नृपोत्तम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootनृपोत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कथितःtold, described
कथितः:
TypeVerb
Rootकथित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (PPP)
हरिगीतासुin the songs/hymns of Hari
हरिगीतासु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहरिगीता
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
समासविधिकल्पितःcomposed/arranged by the method of summary (compendious style)
समासविधिकल्पितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमासविधिकल्पित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
इक्ष्वाकु (Ikṣvāku)
नारायण (Nārāyaṇa)
हरि (Hari)
यति (renunciants/ascetics)

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes that a sacred ethical-devotional tradition (Sātvata dharma) spreads through authoritative instruction, yet ultimately belongs to and returns to Nārāyaṇa at the end of cosmic time; it also points to a previously given concise teaching on the renunciants’ code (yati-dharma).

Vaiśampāyana, continuing his narration to the king, notes the historical dissemination of Sātvata dharma from Ikṣvāku’s teaching and reminds the listener that he has already summarized the discipline of ascetics in an earlier ‘Hari-gītā’ section.