Shloka 12

Sūrya-stava: Dhaumya’s Counsel and the Aṣṭaśata-nāma of Sūrya

Devanagari script

तथा त्वमपि धर्मात्मन्‌ कर्मणा च विशोधित: । तप आस्थाय धर्मेण द्विजातीन्‌ भर भारत,धर्मात्मा भारत! इसी प्रकार तुम भी सत्कर्मसे शुद्ध होकर तपस्याका आश्रय ले धर्मानुसार द्विजातियोंका भरण-पोषण करो

Transliteration

tathā tvam api dharmātman karmaṇā ca viśodhitaḥ | tapa āsthāya dharmeṇa dvijātīn bhara bhārata ||

Translation

Hỡi bậc có tâm hồn chính trực—ngươi cũng vậy, đã được gột sạch bởi những thiện hạnh của mình—hãy nương tựa nơi khổ hạnh (tapas), và theo đúng dharma mà nâng đỡ, nuôi dưỡng những người “tái sinh hai lần” (dvija), hỡi Bhārata!

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

त्वम्you

अपिalso, even

धर्मात्मन्O righteous-souled one

कर्मणाby (good) deeds

चand

विशोधितःpurified, cleansed

तपःausterity, penance

आस्थायhaving resorted to, having undertaken

धर्मेणaccording to dharma; by righteousness

द्विजातीन्the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)

भरsupport, maintain

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

ध

धौम्य (Dhaumya)

Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Dvijātis (twice-born classes)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purity is affirmed through righteous action, and that inner purification should culminate in disciplined living (tapas) and the fulfillment of social-religious obligations—especially sustaining the dvijas in a dharmic manner.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaumya addresses a Bharata-descended figure, urging him to follow a path of ethical self-discipline: having become purified by good deeds, he should undertake austerity and responsibly maintain the twice-born according to dharma.