Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ये च पक्षधरा धर्मे सद्वृत्तरुचयश्च ये । यान्‌ दृष्टवा हीयते पापं तेभ्य: कार्या नमस्क्रिया,जो लोग धर्मके पक्षपाती हैं, जो सदाचारके पालनमें रुचि रखते हैं तथा जिनके दर्शनसे पापका नाश होता है, उन महात्माओंको अब तुम्हें नमस्कार करना चाहिये

Transliteration

ye ca pakṣadharā dharme sadvṛttarucayaś ca ye | yān dṛṣṭvā hīyate pāpaṁ tebhyaḥ kāryā namaskriyā ||

Translation

Und auch jene, die auf der Seite des Dharma stehen, die Freude an rechter Lebensführung haben und deren bloßer Anblick die Sünde mindert — solchen großen Seelen sollst du nun ehrfürchtig deine Verehrung erweisen.

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

चand

पक्षधराःsupporters, partisans

धर्मेin dharma, in righteousness

सद्वृत्तgood conduct

रुचयःlikings, inclinations

चand

येwho (those who)

यान्whom

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

हीयतेdiminishes, is destroyed

पापम्sin, evil

तेभ्यःto them

कार्याto be done, should be performed

नमस्क्रियाsalutation, act of bowing

Speaker

आस्तीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Āstīka

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should honor and bow to those who stand with dharma and cherish virtuous conduct, because association with such people—even merely seeing them—has a purifying effect that reduces moral taint (pāpa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Āstīka is giving an instruction about proper conduct: he points out the kind of noble persons—supporters of dharma and lovers of good behavior—who deserve respectful salutation, emphasizing their spiritually purifying presence.