Shloka 10

Devanagari script

मौने ज्ञानफलावाप्तिदनिन च यशो महत्‌ | वाम्मित्वं सत्यवाक्येन परत्र च महीयते

Transliteration

maune jñānaphalāvāptir dānaṁ ca yaśo mahat | vākmitvaṁ satyavākyena paratra ca mahīyate ||

Translation

بالصمت يُنال ثمرُ المعرفة الحقّة، وبالعطاء يُكتسب مجدٌ عظيم. وبالصدق في القول يصير المرءُ بليغًا، وفي الدار الآخرة أيضًا يُكرَّم ويُعظَّم.

Word by Word

• मौने: in silence
• मौने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ज्ञानफलावाप्तिः: attainment of the fruit of knowledge
• ज्ञानफलावाप्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञानफलावाप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दानी: a giver; one who gives
• दानी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दानी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यशः: fame
• यशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वाक्मित्वम्: eloquence
• वाक्मित्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्मित्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यवाक्येन: by truthful speech
• सत्यवाक्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• परत्र: in the other world; hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र

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

• महीयते: is honored; becomes great
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Present, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive (Ātmanepada usage)

Speaker

नाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nāga (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links specific virtues to their ethical and spiritual results: silence (mauna) ripens into the fruit of knowledge, charity (dāna) yields lasting good fame, and truthful speech (satya-vākya) produces eloquence and honor both in this life and the next.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Nāga speaks in a didactic context within Śānti Parva, offering concise instruction on conduct—highlighting restraint in speech, generosity, and truthfulness as practices that generate merit and elevate one’s standing here and hereafter.