Shloka 6

Mātali’s Arrival and Arjuna’s Ascent toward Amarāvatī (मातलिसंयुक्तरथागमनम् तथा इन्द्रलोकगमनारम्भः)

Devanagari script

नापि यज्ञहनै: क्षुद्रेर्दर्टं शक्य: कथंचन । पानपैर्गुरुतल्पैश्व मांसादैर्वा दुरात्मभि:,जो यज्ञोंमें विघ्म डालनेवाले नीच, शराबी, गुरुपत्नीगामी, मांसाहारी तथा दुरात्मा हैं, वे तो किसी भी प्रकार उस दिव्य लोकका दर्शन नहीं पा सकते

Transliteration

na api yajña-hanaiḥ kṣudraiḥ draṣṭuṃ śakyaḥ kathaṃcana | pāna-paiḥ guru-talpaiś ca māṃsādair vā durātmabhiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Những kẻ ti tiện ngăn trở tế lễ—bọn say rượu, kẻ phạm tội với giường của thầy (xâm phạm vợ thầy), kẻ ăn thịt và những linh hồn ác độc khác—không cách nào có thể đạt được thị kiến về cõi trời thiêng liêng ấy.

Word by Word

nanot

apieven/also

yajña-hanaiḥby/with destroyers of sacrifices

kṣudraiḥby/with the vile/mean (ones)

draṣṭumto see

śakyaḥpossible/able

kathaṃcanain any way/at all

pānapaiḥby/with drunkards

guru-talpaiḥby/with violators of the teacher's bed (adulterers with guru's wife)

caand

māṃsādaiḥby/with meat-eaters

vāor

durātmabhiḥby/with wicked-souled persons

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

yajña (sacrifice)

divya loka (divine world)

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?

The verse teaches that spiritual attainment and access to higher realms depend on ethical restraint and reverence for sacred order; actions like sabotaging yajñas, intoxication, violating the guru’s household, and other wicked conduct disqualify one from the ‘divine world.’

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is describing who is unfit to behold or reach a divine realm, listing specific grave and socially destructive transgressions as exclusions, thereby reinforcing the moral framework governing heavenly reward.