Shloka 216

Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa

Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment

Devanagari script

तान्युपादाय विस्रब्धो भक्षयामास स द्विज: । भाई शंखके आश्रममें जाकर लिखितने खूब पके हुए बहुत-से फल तोड़कर गिराये और उन सबको लेकर वे ब्रह्मर्षि बड़ी निश्चिन्तताके साथ खाने लगे

Transliteration

tāny upādāya visrabdho bhakṣayāmāsa sa dvijaḥ |

Translation

他拾起那些果实后，那位婆罗门便心无忧惧、安然自若，开始食用。此景昭示一种质朴而不伤害的生计，也显出苦行者的澄静知足：取其现成可得之物，不起贪欲，不加损害。

Word by Word

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उपादाय: having taken (them)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-दा (दा)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having taken up

• विस्रब्धः: at ease, unafraid
• विस्रब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्रब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भक्षयामास: ate, began to eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजः: the brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्यास (Vyāsa)
• द्विज (a Brahmin/ascetic)
• फल (fruits)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights contentment and restraint: taking what is naturally available and living without fear or agitation, reflecting an ethical ideal of non-greedy, non-harmful sustenance.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin/ascetic gathers the fallen or obtained fruits and, feeling secure and untroubled, eats them—depicting a quiet moment of simple subsistence within the broader Shanti Parva discourse.