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Shloka 116

Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition

दानं होम॑ देवतं मड़़लानि प्रायश्चित्तान विविधाँललोकवादान्‌ । एतानि यः कुरुते नैत्यकानि तस्योत्थानं देवता राधयन्ति,जो दान, होम, देवपूजन, मांगलिक कर्म, प्रायश्चित्त तथा अनेक प्रकारके लौकिक आचार--इन नित्य किये जानेयोग्य कर्मोंको करता है, देवतालोग उसके अभ्युदयकी सिद्धि करते हैं

dānaṃ homaṃ devatā-maṅgalāni prāyaścittāni vividhāṃl loka-vādān | etāni yaḥ kurute nityakāni tasyotthānaṃ devatā rādhayanti ||

Người đều đặn làm những bổn phận đáng làm mỗi ngày—bố thí, dâng lễ tế (homa), thờ phụng chư thần, các nghi lễ cát tường, những việc sám hối chuộc lỗi, cùng bao phép tắc được đời công nhận—thì chính các thần linh sẽ nâng đỡ cho sự thăng tiến và phồn thịnh của người ấy.

दानम्gift, charity
दानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
होमम्fire-offering, oblation
होमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहोम
FormMasculine, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
देवताम्deity (worship of a deity)
देवताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
मङ्गलानिauspicious rites/acts
मङ्गलानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमङ्गल
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
प्रायश्चित्तानिexpiations, penances
प्रायश्चित्तानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रायश्चित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
विविधान्various, manifold
विविधान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
लोकवादान्worldly observances/usages (lit. talk/usage of people)
लोकवादान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोकवाद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
एतानिthese
एतानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कुरुतेdoes, performs
कुरुते:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent, Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular
नित्यकानिdaily/regular (duties)
नित्यकानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्यक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
उत्थानम्rise, prosperity, advancement
उत्थानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउत्थान
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
देवताःthe deities
देवताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
साधयन्तिaccomplish, bring about
साधयन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootसाध्
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Plural

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
D
devatāḥ (the gods/deities)

Educational Q&A

Steady adherence to daily dharmic disciplines—charity, worship, sacrificial offering, auspicious rites, and expiation—creates moral and spiritual order, and that order is portrayed as drawing divine support for one’s welfare and advancement.

Vidura is instructing on right conduct in the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-setting, emphasizing that prosperity and uplift are grounded not merely in strategy or power but in consistent performance of prescribed and socially sanctioned dharmic practices.