Shloka 7

परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269

Devanagari script

अक्रुध्यन्तोडनसूयन्तो निरहडकारमत्सरा: । ज्ञाननिष्ठास्त्रिशुक्लाश्व सर्वभूतहिते रता:,वे किसीपर क्रोध नहीं करते, कहीं दोषदृष्टि नहीं रखते, अहंकार तथा मात्सर्यसे दूर रहते हैं, ज्ञानके साधनोंमें उनकी निष्ठा होती है, उनके जन्म, कर्म और विद्या--तीनों ही शुद्ध होते हैं तथा वे समस्त प्राणियोंके हितमें तत्पर रहते हैं

Transliteration

akrudhyanto 'n asūyanto nirahaṅkāramatsarāḥ | jñānaniṣṭhās triśuklāśvāḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ ||

Translation

قال كابيلا: «لا يستسلمون للغضب، ولا ينغمسون في تتبّع العيوب أو الحسد. متحرّرين من الأنا والغيرة، يثبتون على طلب المعرفة. طاهرون في ثلاثة وجوه—المولد، والسلوك، والتعلّم—وهم دائمًا مشتغلون بخير جميع الكائنات الحيّة.»

Word by Word

अक्रुध्यन्तःnot getting angry

अनसूयन्तःnot finding fault; not censorious

निरहङ्कारfree from egoism

अमत्सराःfree from envy

ज्ञाननिष्ठाःsteadfast in knowledge

त्रिशुक्लाश्वाःhaving three ‘white horses’ (i.e., threefold purity: birth, conduct, learning)

सर्वभूतहितेin/for the welfare of all beings

रताःengaged; devoted

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines the ethical and spiritual profile of the truly wise: they are free from anger, envy, ego, and jealousy; they are steady in the pursuit of liberating knowledge; and their purity expresses itself as active concern for the welfare of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Kapila is describing the qualities of elevated seekers/knowers. Rather than recounting an external event, the passage functions as a normative description of the conduct and inner disposition that mark those established in knowledge and dharma.