Shloka 863

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

सन्त: स्वर्गजित:ः शुक्ला: संनिविष्ट श्च सत्पथे । जो न्यायपरायण, सदगुणसम्पन्न, सब लोगोंका हित चाहनेवाले, हिंसारहित और सन्मार्गपर चलनेवाले हैं, वे श्रेष्ठ पुरुष स्वर्गलोकपर विजय पाते हैं

Transliteration

santaḥ svargajitaḥ śuklāḥ sanniviṣṭāś ca satpathe | ye nyāyaparāyaṇāḥ sadguṇasampannāḥ sarvalokahitaicchavaḥ ahiṃsakāḥ sanmārgaparāyaṇāś ca te śreṣṭhāḥ puruṣāḥ svargalokaṃ jayanti ||

Translation

إن الصالحين—الطاهرين في السلوك، الراسخين على الطريق الحق—هم الذين يظفرون بالسماء. فالمنصرفون إلى العدل، الموشَّحون بالفضائل، الراغبون في خير جميع الكائنات، المتنزّهون عن العنف، الثابتون على السبيل النبيل: أولئك الرجال الأفاضل ينالون الظفر في العالم السماوي.

Word by Word

सन्तःthe good (men)

स्वर्गजितःconquerors of heaven (i.e., who win heaven)

शुक्लाःpure, bright

संनिविष्टाःseated/established, firmly set

चand

सत्पथेon the good path

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्याध (the hunter/seller of meat, speaker)

स

स्वर्गलोक (heavenly world)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Heaven is not won by birth or status but by dharmic character: purity, commitment to justice, non-violence, and active goodwill toward all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s discourse on dharma (the famous Vyādha-gītā section of Vana Parva), the speaker instructs the listener that true excellence lies in ethical living—walking the right path and benefiting others—by which one attains heavenly reward.