Shloka 120
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
अद्रोह: सर्वभूतेषु संतोष: शीलमार्जवम् | तपो दमश्न सत्यं च प्रदानं चेति सम्मितम्
adrohaḥ sarvabhūteṣu santoṣaḥ śīlam ārjavam | tapo damaś ca satyaṃ ca pradānaṃ ceti sammitam |
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—সকল প্ৰাণীৰ প্ৰতি অদ্ৰোহ, সন্তোষ, শীল-সদাচাৰ আৰু আৰ্জৱ, তপ, দম (মন-ইন্দ্ৰিয় সংযম), সত্য আৰু ন্যায়ে অৰ্জিত বস্তুৰ শ্ৰদ্ধাপূৰ্বক দান—এই প্ৰতিটো গুণক মহাযজ্ঞৰ সমান পুণ্যদায়ক বুলি ধৰা হয়।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that inner moral disciplines—non-hostility to all beings, contentment, good character, straightforwardness, austerity, self-restraint, truthfulness, and righteous charity—are each as spiritually efficacious as performing grand ritual sacrifices, emphasizing ethical living as a form of yajña.
Vaiśampāyana, in his ongoing narration of the Ashvamedhika Parva, presents a didactic list of dharmic virtues, reframing ‘sacrifice’ from external ritual grandeur to internal ethical practice and daily conduct.