Shloka 25

रावण–मारीचसंवादः तथा मृगप्रलोभनपूर्वकं सीताहरणोपक्रमः

Rāvaṇa–Mārīca Dialogue and the Decoy-Deer Prelude to Sītā’s Abduction

Devanagari script

त्रयस्त्रिंशदिमे देवा येषां लोका मनीषिभि: । गम्यन्ते नियमै: श्रेष्ठैर्दनिर्वा विधिपूर्वकै:,ये जो तैंतीस देवता हैं, उन्हींके लोकोंको मनीषी पुरुष उत्तम नियमोंके आचरणसे अथवा विधिपूर्वक दिये हुए दानोंसे प्राप्त करते हैं

Transliteration

trayastrīṃśad ime devā yeṣāṃ lokā manīṣibhiḥ | gamyante niyamaiḥ śreṣṭhair dānair vā vidhipūrvakaiḥ ||

Translation

Đây là ba mươi ba vị thần; và những cõi giới thuộc về các ngài được người trí đạt tới—hoặc nhờ thực hành những kỷ luật và sự chế ngự tối thượng, hoặc nhờ bố thí được dâng hiến đúng nghi thức, đúng pháp định.

Word by Word

त्रयस्त्रिंशत्thirty-three

इमेthese

देवाःgods

येषाम्of whom/whose

लोकाःworlds/realms

मनीषिभिःby sages/wise men

गम्यन्तेare reached/attained

नियमैःby observances/restraints

श्रेष्ठैःexcellent/supreme

दानैःby gifts/charities

वाor

विधिपूर्वकैःdone according to rule/ritual

Speaker

देवदूत उवाच

Characters & Entities

द

देवाः (the thirty-three gods)

ल

लोकाः (their realms/worlds)

म

मनीषी (wise persons)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Access to higher realms is presented as a fruit of dharmic conduct: disciplined observances (niyama) and properly performed charity (vidhipūrvaka dāna). The verse emphasizes not merely giving, but giving in accordance with right method and intention, alongside personal restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

A divine messenger (devadūta) explains to the listener that the celestial worlds of the thirty-three gods are attainable for the wise, outlining the means—excellent disciplines or duly prescribed acts of giving—thereby framing a moral pathway to heavenly attainment.