Shloka 26

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

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Devanagari script

विजित्य पृथिवीं सर्वा मोदमान: सुखी भव । एष भूतो भविष्यश्च धर्मस्ते समुदीरित:,सारी पृथ्वीको जीतकर सदा सानन्द और सुखी रहो। तात युधिष्ठिर! मैंने तुम्हें जो यह धर्म बताया है, इसका पालन भूतकालमें भी हुआ है और भविष्यकालमें भी इसका पालन होना चाहिए। भूत और भविष्यकी ऐसी कोई बात नहीं है, जो तुम्हें ज्ञात न हो; अतः: इस समय जो यह क्लेश तुम्हें प्राप्त हुआ है, इसके लिये हृदयमें कोई विचार न करो

Transliteration

vijitya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ modamānaḥ sukhī bhava | eṣa bhūto bhaviṣyaś ca dharmas te samudīritaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Sau khi chinh phục toàn cõi đất, hãy luôn sống trong niềm hoan hỷ và an ổn. Dharma này đã được tuyên dạy cho ngươi—một chuẩn mực đã được giữ gìn từ thuở trước và cũng phải được noi theo về sau.”

Word by Word

विजित्यhaving conquered

पृथिवीम्the earth

सर्वाम्entire, whole

मोदमानःrejoicing

सुखीhappy

भवbe (become)

एषःthis

भूतःpast (that which has been)

भविष्यःfuture (that which will be)

चand

धर्मःdharma, righteous rule/duty

तेto you

समुदीरितःhas been declared/proclaimed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Dharma

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is presented as a timeless standard—validated by past practice and binding for the future. One should act and endure according to that enduring dharma, maintaining inner steadiness and joy rather than being overwhelmed by present distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, in the course of recounting the tradition, delivers an instructive assurance directed toward Yudhiṣṭhira: he is exhorted to uphold dharma and remain composed, with the promise that such conduct is the established way across time.