Shloka 29

Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma

Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins

Devanagari script

मणिभद्र उवाच प्रीतास्ते देवता: सर्वा द्विजस्यास्य तथैव च । भविष्यत्येष धर्मात्मा धर्मे चाधास्यते मति:

Transliteration

maṇibhadra uvāca prītās te devatāḥ sarvā dvijasya asya tathaiva ca | bhaviṣyaty eṣa dharmātmā dharme cādhāsyate matiḥ ||

Translation

摩尼跋陀罗说道：“诸天尽皆欢喜——对这位婆罗门亦复如是。他必将成为具正法之心者，其意念亦将牢牢安住于达摩。”

Word by Word

• मणिभद्रः: Maṇibhadra
• मणिभद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• प्रीताः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजस्य: of the twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• भविष्यति: will be; will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future, Third, Singular

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मात्मा: a righteous-souled person
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मे: in dharma; in righteousness
• धर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• आधास्यते: will place; will fix (upon)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा
• Form: Simple Future, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• मतिः: mind; intention
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मणिभद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Maṇibhadra
• devatāḥ (deities)
• dvija (a brahmin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When divine and moral forces are pleased by one’s conduct, the lasting fruit is inner transformation: a person becomes dharmātmā, with the mind steadily oriented toward dharma rather than wavering with circumstance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maṇibhadra pronounces a favorable outcome: the deities are satisfied, and the brahmin in question will develop a righteous character, with firm resolve to live according to dharma.