Shloka 136

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

तपस्तेपतुरव्यग्रौ विसृज्य त्रिदिवौकस: । एष ते कथित: पार्थ नारायणजयो मृथे

Transliteration

tapas tepatūr avyagrau visṛjya tridivaukasaḥ | eṣa te kathitaḥ pārtha nārāyaṇajayo mṛdhe ||

Translation

他们心无旁骛，继续修持苦行；遣散天界诸众之后，便安然复归旧日的修行。如此，哦帕尔塔，我已向你叙述那罗延那在战阵中的胜利。

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेपतुः: they two performed (austerities)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• अव्यग्रौ: unagitated, undistracted
• अव्यग्रौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• विसृज्य: having dismissed, having sent away
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√सृज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• त्रिदिवौकसः: the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• त्रिदिवौकसः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एषः: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• कथितः: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नारायणजयः: Narayana's victory
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृथे: in battle
• मृथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Nārāyaṇa
• Tridivaukasaḥ (the gods/celestials)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Victory worthy of praise is linked to inner discipline (tapas) and steadiness of mind; divine success is portrayed as arising from alignment with higher order rather than mere aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a significant episode culminating in Nārāyaṇa’s triumph in battle, the sages resume their austerities with calm focus, and the celestials who had gathered are dismissed; the speaker concludes the narration for Arjuna.