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Shloka 9

प्रकृत्या नित्यसलिलो नित्यमध्ययने रत: । तपोदमाशभ्यां संयुक्तो वृत्तेनानवरेण च,स्वभाव तो उसका पानीके समान है। वह सदा स्वाध्यायमें लगा रहता है। तप, इन्द्रिय- संयम तथा उत्तम आचार-विचारसे संयुक्त है

prakṛtyā nityasalilo nityam adhyayane rataḥ | tapodamāśabhyāṁ saṁyukto vṛttenānavareṇa ca ||

Der Brāhmaṇa sprach: „Von Natur aus ist er stets wie klares, fließendes Wasser—rein und erquicklich. Unablässig ist er dem heiligen Studium (svādhyāya) hingegeben. Er ist mit Askese, Selbstzucht und strenger Disziplin ausgestattet und zeichnet sich durch untadeligen Wandel aus.“

प्रकृत्याby nature
प्रकृत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
नित्यसलिलःhaving water always (ever-moist)
नित्यसलिलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्यसलिल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
अध्ययनेin study (of scripture)
अध्ययने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअध्ययन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
रतःengaged, devoted
रतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दमself-control (sense-restraint)
दम:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आशाभ्याम्with (two) hopes/expectations
आशाभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआशा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Dual
संयुक्तःendowed, joined (with)
संयुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंयुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वृत्तेनwith conduct/behavior
वृत्तेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अनवरेणunsurpassed, excellent
अनवरेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअनवर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

ब्राह्मण उवाच

B
brāhmaṇa (speaker)
A
an exemplary person (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

The verse defines ethical excellence through inner purity and steady discipline: constant sacred study (svādhyāya), austerity (tapas), sense-control (dama), and faultless conduct (anavara vṛtta). Character is presented as natural purity expressed through consistent practice.

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, a brāhmaṇa speaker describes the qualities of an exemplary person, praising his innate purity and his sustained commitment to learning, restraint, and impeccable behavior as markers of dharmic life.