Shloka 49

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

धर्मस्य च फलं लब्ध्वा न तृप्पति महाद्विज

Transliteration

dharmasya ca phalaṁ labdhvā na tṛppati mahādvija

Translation

Hỡi đại Bà-la-môn, dẫu đã đạt được quả của dharma, người ta vẫn chưa thể hoàn toàn thỏa mãn—ấy là bản tính vi tế, luôn thôi thúc của chính sự công chính và phần thưởng của nó.

Word by Word

• धर्मस्य: of dharma (righteousness/duty)
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• फलं: fruit/result
• फलं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तृप्पति: is satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाद्विज: O great Brahmin (great twice-born)
• महाद्विज: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्विज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्याध (the hunter, speaker)
• महाद्विज (a Brahmin addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that merely attaining the rewards of righteous conduct does not automatically bring inner contentment; satisfaction requires a deeper transformation beyond external or even meritorious gains.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter (Vyādha) addresses a Brahmin as “mahādvija,” continuing an ethical instruction: he points out the human tendency to remain unsatisfied even after receiving the fruits of dharma, thereby urging a more mature understanding of virtue and its aims.