Shloka 19

Devanagari script

शुचि: शीलान्विताचार: शुक्लवासा जितेन्द्रिय: । संस्कृत: सर्वशास्त्रज्ञ: श्रद्दधानोइनसूयक:

Transliteration

śuciḥ śīlānvita-ācāraḥ śukla-vāsā jitendriyaḥ | saṃskṛtaḥ sarva-śāstra-jñaḥ śraddadhāno 'n-asūyakaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «ينبغي أن يُعيَّن راوٍ (vācaka) رجلٌ عالمٌ طاهرٌ ظاهرًا وباطنًا، متحلٍّ بحسن الخُلُق واستقامة السلوك، لابسًا ثيابًا بيضاء نظيفة، ضابطًا لنفسه وحواسّه، مهذّبًا، عارفًا بجوهر جميع الشاسترا (śāstra)، مؤمنًا غير متتبّعٍ للعيوب. فإذا أُكرم هذا العالِم وأُعين بالعطايا والتوقير، صار أهلًا لأن ينقل السرد المقدّس على وجهٍ يُقيم الدارما.»

Word by Word

• शुचिः: pure, clean
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शीलान्विताचारः: one whose conduct is endowed with good character
• शीलान्विताचारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीलान्विताचार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुक्लवासा: wearing white garments
• शुक्लवासा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्लवासा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: having conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संस्कृतः: refined, well-cultured
• संस्कृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्कृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वशास्त्रज्ञः: knower of all śāstras
• सर्वशास्त्रज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वशास्त्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रद्दधानः: faithful, full of श्रद्धा
• श्रद्दधानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्दधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनसूयकः: non-envious, free from fault-finding
• अनसूयकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the transmitter of sacred tradition should be ethically qualified: pure, disciplined, learned, faithful, and free from envy or fault-finding; such a person should be honored and supported so the teaching is preserved and conveyed rightly.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargārohaṇa context, Vaiśaṃpāyana describes the standards for selecting a competent and morally fit vācaka (reciter) of the epic—emphasizing character and self-mastery alongside scholarship.