Shloka 70

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

नियच्छन्ति परां बुद्धिं शिष्टाचारान्विता जना: । उपाध्यायमते युक्ता: स्थित्या धर्मार्थदर्शिन:

Transliteration

niyacchanti parāṁ buddhiṁ śiṣṭācārānvitā janāḥ | upādhyāyamate yuktāḥ sthityā dharmārthadarśinaḥ ||

Translation

والناس الراسخون في سلوك المهذّبين يكبحون فهمهم الأسمى ويثبتونه. فإذا وافقوا رأي معلميهم ثبتوا على الانضباط في طريقتهم في العيش، وبذلك يميّزون ما هو الدارما حقًّا وما هو النفع حقًّا.

Word by Word

नियच्छन्तिrestrain, control

पराम्highest, supreme

बुद्धिम्intellect, understanding

शिष्टाचार-अन्विताःendowed with proper conduct

जनाःpeople

उपाध्याय-मतेin the teacher's opinion/teaching

युक्ताःjoined with, devoted to, aligned with

स्थित्याby steadiness, by firm conduct

धर्म-अर्थ-दर्शिनःseeing (what is) dharma and artha; discerning duty and benefit

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्याध (the hunter, speaker)

उ

उपाध्याय (teacher/preceptor)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True discernment arises from self-restraint and steady conduct shaped by śiṣṭācāra (the norms of the wise) and guidance from a teacher; such discipline enables one to recognize both dharma (right) and artha (genuine benefit).

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter (Vyādha), instructing a seeker in ethical living, emphasizes that moral clarity is not merely theoretical: it is stabilized through disciplined life-practice and deference to sound instruction from a preceptor.