Shloka 36

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

विशुद्धमनसो दान्ता: श्रद्धादमसमन्विता: । अनसूयवो विक्रोधा: साधवो वीतमत्सरा:

Transliteration

viśuddhamanaso dāntāḥ śraddhādamasamanvitāḥ | anasūyavo vikrodhāḥ sādhavo vītamatsarāḥ ||

Translation

Nakula sprach: „Sie sind Menschen mit geläutertem Geist und gezügeltem Wandel, erfüllt von Glauben und Selbstbeherrschung. Frei von Fehlersuche und Zorn sind sie tugendhaft und haben den Neid abgelegt.“

Word by Word

विशुद्धमनसःof purified mind

दान्ताःself-controlled, restrained

श्रद्धाwith faith

दमwith self-restraint

समन्विताःendowed (with)

अनसूयवःfree from envy, non-censorious

विक्रोधाःfree from anger

साधवःgood men, virtuous ones

वीतमत्सराःdevoid of jealousy

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nakula

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines an ethical ideal: purity of mind, disciplined senses, faith joined with restraint, and freedom from fault-finding, anger, and envy—qualities that mark a truly virtuous person.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula is describing the character traits of exemplary people, emphasizing inner purity and social virtues (non-malice, non-anger, non-envy) as markers of dharmic conduct within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s reflective, post-war moral discourse.