Shloka 25

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मवध्योवाच त्रिलोकपूजिते देवे प्रीते त्रैलोक्यकर्तरि । कृतमेव हि मन्यामि निवासं तु विधत्स्व मे

Transliteration

brahmavadhyovāca trilokapūjite deve prīte trailokyakartari | kṛtam eva hi manyāmi nivāsaṃ tu vidhatsva me ||

Translation

梵杀（Brahmahatyā）说道：“噢，三界所礼敬的至上神！当你——三界的造作者——心生欢悦之时，我便认为我一切所求已然圆满。如今，只请为我安排一处居所。”

Word by Word

• {'brahmavadhyā/brahmahatyā': 'the personified sin/consequence of Brahmin-slaying

• here a speaking female figure', 'uvāca': 'said', 'triloka': 'the three worlds', 'pūjita': 'worshipped, honored', 'deva': 'god, divine lord', 'prīta': 'pleased, satisfied, gracious', 'trailokya-kartṛ': 'creator/maker of the three worlds', 'kṛtaṃ eva': 'already accomplished

• as good as done', 'hi': 'indeed, surely', 'manyāmi': 'I think, I consider', 'nivāsa': 'dwelling, residence, abode', 'tu': 'but/now/indeed (emphatic shift)', 'vidhatsva': 'arrange, provide, ordain (imperative)', 'me': 'for me, my'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā (Brahmavadhyā)
• Deva (the supreme god addressed; unnamed in this verse)
• the three worlds (triloka/trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical idea that grave wrongdoing (here personified as Brahmahatyā) seeks resolution not by self-justification but by submitting to divine order: once the divine is pleased, one’s objectives are considered fulfilled, and what remains is to be assigned an appropriate ‘abode’—a regulated place within the moral-cosmic system rather than unchecked wandering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhīṣma’s discourse, Brahmahatyā (the personified consequence of Brahmin-slaying) addresses a supreme deity revered across the three worlds. She states that with the deity’s satisfaction she considers her purpose accomplished, and she requests that the deity now designate a dwelling place for her.