Shloka 47

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

ऊर्ध्वा दृष्टिबाहवश्न एकाग्रं च मनो5भवत्‌ | एकपादा: स्थिता: सर्वे काष्ठ भूता: समाहिता:

Transliteration

ūrdhvā dṛṣṭir bāhavaś caikaagraṃ ca mano 'bhavat | ekapādāḥ sthitāḥ sarve kāṣṭhabhūtāḥ samāhitāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：他们目光上举，双臂高擎；心念凝为一境。众人皆以一足而立，内摄寂定，宛如枯木不动——沉入严峻的苦行定境之中。

Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वा: upward (raised)
• ऊर्ध्वा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्टिः: gaze, sight
• दृष्टिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बाहवः: arms
• बाहवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एकाग्रम्: one-pointed, concentrated
• एकाग्रम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाग्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• एकपादाः: standing on one foot
• एकपादाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकपाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्थिताः: stood, remained
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काष्ठभूताः: become like wood (motionless)
• काष्ठभूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काष्ठभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समाहिताः: collected, composed, absorbed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined austerity and yogic concentration: mastery of posture, senses, and mind (ekāgratā, samādhāna) as a means to inner steadiness and spiritual attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a group of ascetics or practitioners engaged in severe tapas—gazing upward, arms raised, standing on one foot—so still and composed that they resemble inert wood.