Shloka 14

Lomaśa’s Arrival and Report on Arjuna’s Divine Astras (लोमशागमनम्—अर्जुनदिव्यास्त्रलाभवृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

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Transliteration

Āśramaḥ śāmyatāṁ śreṣṭha mṛgadvija-niṣevitaḥ | Prabho! tatra svalpa-tapasā manuṣyāḥ siddhiṁ prāpnuvanti | Mahārāja! paścima-diśi eva Jambūmārgaḥ, yatra śuddhāntaḥkaraṇavataḥ maharṣayaḥ āśramaṁ kurvanti | Śānta-puruṣeṣu śreṣṭha Yudhiṣṭhira! sa āśramaḥ paśu-pakṣi-niṣevitaḥ ||

Translation

Dhaumya nói: “Hỡi bậc ưu tú trong loài người, hãy làm cho tâm mình lắng dịu. Có một đạo tràng (āśrama) được nai và chim thường lui tới; tại đó, chỉ với chút khổ hạnh, người ta cũng đạt được thành tựu tâm linh. Tâu Đại vương, về phía tây là con đường Jambūmārga, nơi các đại hiền triết có nội tâm thanh tịnh dựng am thất. Hỡi Yudhiṣṭhira, bậc tối thắng trong những người an hòa, đạo tràng ấy được muôn thú và chim chóc phụng sự.”

Word by Word

• {'āśramaḥ': 'hermitage

• place of ascetic practice', 'śāmyatām': 'let it be pacified

• be calmed (imperative/benedictive sense)', 'śreṣṭha': 'best, excellent one (vocative)', 'mṛga': 'deer

• wild animal', 'dvija': 'twice-born

• here commonly ‘bird’ in poetic usage (also ‘Brahmin’ depending on context)', 'niṣevitaḥ': 'frequented, resorted to, attended by', 'prabho': 'O lord

• respectful address', 'svalpa-tapasā': 'with little austerity/penance', 'tapas': 'austerity

• disciplined spiritual effort', 'siddhi': 'attainment

• spiritual success/accomplishment', 'paścima-diśi': 'in the western direction', 'mārgaḥ': 'path, route', 'śuddha-antaḥkaraṇa': 'purified inner instrument (mind/heart/conscience)', 'maharṣi': 'great seer', 'śānta-puruṣa': 'peaceful person

Speaker

धौम्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhaumya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Jambūmārga
• āśrama (hermitage)
• tapas (austerity)
• siddhi (spiritual attainment)
• deer (mṛga)
• birds (dvija)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner calm and purity are presented as the foundation for spiritual progress: in the company of sages and in a sanctified hermitage, even modest austerity can yield ‘siddhi’—ethical and spiritual attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaumya counsels Yudhiṣṭhira, directing him toward a western route called Jambūmārga where a revered hermitage of pure-minded seers lies, emphasizing its peaceful, non-violent atmosphere symbolized by animals and birds dwelling there.