Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अहिंसा समता शान्तिरानृशंस्यममत्सर: । द्वाराण्येतानि मे विद्धि प्रियो हासि सदा मम,अहिंसा, समता, शान्ति, दया और अमत्सर--डाहका न होना--इन्हें मेरे पास पहुँचनेके द्वार समझो। तुम मुझे सदा प्रिय हो

Transliteration

ahiṃsā samatā śāntir ānṛśaṃsyam amatsaraḥ | dvārāṇy etāni me viddhi priyo ’si sadā mama ||

Translation

Der Yakṣa sprach: „Gewaltlosigkeit, Gleichmut, innerer Friede, Mitgefühl und Neidlosigkeit — wisse, dies sind die Tore, um zu mir zu gelangen. Du bist mir stets lieb.“

Word by Word

अहिंसाnon-violence

समताequanimity

शान्तिःpeace

आनृशंस्यम्compassion, non-cruelty

अमत्सरःfree from envy

द्वाराणिdoors, gateways

एतानिthese

मेof me, my

विद्धिknow (you), understand

प्रियःdear

हिindeed, for

असिyou are

सदाalways

ममof me, my

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yakṣa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The Yakṣa identifies five foundational virtues—non-violence, equanimity, peace, compassion, and non-envy—as the ‘doors’ to spiritual approach and divine favor, implying that ethical character is the true means of access.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Yakṣa–praśna episode, the Yakṣa addresses the interlocutor after testing dharma through questions, affirming that the path to him is not ritual or power but the cultivation of these virtues, and expressing personal approval (“you are dear to me”).