Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सत्यं हि गुणसंयुक्त नियतं पठउचलक्षणम्‌,क्योंकि गुणोंसे युक्त हुआ सत्य ही पाँच लक्षणोंवाला निश्चित किया गया है

Transliteration

satyaṃ hi guṇasaṃyuktaṃ niyataṃ pañcalakṣaṇam

Translation

قال فايُو: إنّ الحقّ، إذا اقترن بالفضائل اللائقة، يُقَرَّر مبدأً ثابتًا تُعرَف حقيقته بخمس سماتٍ مُعَرِّفة.

Word by Word

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• गुणसंयुक्तम्: endowed with qualities
• गुणसंयुक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणसंयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नियतं: fixed/definite
• नियतं: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चलक्षणम्: having five characteristics
• पञ्चलक्षणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चलक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truth (satya) becomes a fully valid ethical principle when it is integrated with virtues (guṇas). It is not merely stating facts; it is regulated, value-aligned truthfulness recognized through defined criteria.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by defining satya as a virtue-qualified, rule-governed principle, and indicating that it is traditionally understood through five identifying marks.