Shloka 25

Devanagari script

वर्तेत तेषु गृहवानक्रुद्धयन्ननसूयक: । पज्चभि: सततं यज्जैर्विघसाशी यजेत च,गृहस्थ ब्राह्मण क्रोध और दोष-दृष्टिका त्याग करके पूर्वोक्त नियमोंके पालनमें संलग्न रहे। नित्य पठ्चमहायज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करे और यज्ञशिष्ट अन्नका ही भोजन करे

Transliteration

varteta teṣu gṛhavān akruddhayan anasūyakaḥ | pañcabhiḥ satataṃ yajñair vighasāśī yajeta ca ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: Der brahmanische Hausvater soll unter diesen Pflichten leben, ohne Zorn und ohne Fehlersuche. Stets soll er die fünf großen täglichen Opfer vollziehen und durch das yajña verehren, wobei er nur das isst, was nach den Darbringungen übrig bleibt—Speise, geheiligt als Opferrest.

Word by Word

वर्तेतshould live / should conduct himself

तेषुamong them / in those (duties/observances)

गृहवान्a householder / possessing a household

अक्रुद्धयन्not being angry

अनसूयकःnon-envious / not fault-finding

पञ्चभिःwith five

सततम्always / continually

यज्ञैःby/with sacrifices (yajñas)

विघसाशीone who eats the remainder (after offerings)

यजेतshould perform sacrifice / should worship

चand

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

gṛhastha (householder)

brāhmaṇa (Brahmin householder)

pañca-mahāyajña (five great daily sacrifices)

yajña

vighasa (yajña-śiṣṭa food)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A householder—especially a Brahmin—should practice dharma through inner discipline (freedom from anger and fault-finding) and outer discipline (regular performance of the five daily great sacrifices), sustaining himself on food that is sanctified as the remainder of offerings rather than on self-centered consumption.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct, Vyāsa continues prescribing the proper way of life for the gṛhastha: live calmly and without malice, keep up the continual cycle of daily yajñas (pañca-mahāyajña), and eat only yajña-śiṣṭa (vighasa), reinforcing a life ordered around duty and giving.