Shloka 6

Adhyāya 142: Cyavana, the Devas’ Arrogance, and Vāyu’s Counsel on Protecting Brāhmaṇas

Devanagari script

रन्तिदेवश्व सांकृत्यो वसिष्ठाय महात्मने । अर्घ्य प्रदाय विधिवल्लेभे लोकाननुत्तमान्‌

Transliteration

Rantidevaś ca Sāṅkṛtyo Vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane | arghyaṃ pradāya vidhivāl lebhe lokān anuttamān ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：桑克利提之子阮提提婆王，依正仪向大德圣者婆悉吒奉献阿尔伽亚（迎宾供水）。以如法恭敬款待贤圣之功，他得至至高无上、不可超越之诸界。

Word by Word

• रन्तिदेवः: Rantideva
• रन्तिदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रन्तिदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सांकृत्यः: Sāṅkṛtya (a king/person named Sāṅkṛtya)
• सांकृत्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांकृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसिष्ठाय: to Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• महात्मने: to the great-souled (sage)
• महात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering (honorary water/oblation)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रदाय: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• लेभे: obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुत्तमान्: unsurpassed; excellent
• अनुत्तमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Rantideva
• Saṅkṛti
• Vasiṣṭha
• arghya
• lokas (worlds/realms)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That honoring a worthy guest—especially a sage—through proper, rule-based hospitality (arghya offered vidhivāt) is a powerful act of dharma that yields great spiritual merit and leads to exalted realms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma cites Rantideva (of Saṅkṛti’s line) as an example: he ritually welcomed the sage Vasiṣṭha with arghya, and as a result of this correct and reverent act, he attained unsurpassed worlds.