Shloka 23

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

आनृशंस्यमहिंसा चाप्रमाद: संविभागिता । श्राद्धकर्मातिथेयं च सत्यमक्रोध एव च

Transliteration

ānṛśaṁsyam ahiṁsā cāpramādaḥ saṁvibhāgitā | śrāddha-karmātitheyaṁ ca satyam akrodha eva ca ||

Translation

Parāśara said: “Compassion and non-violence, vigilance (freedom from negligence), and the habit of sharing; the performance of śrāddha rites and hospitality to guests; truthfulness and, indeed, the absence of anger—these are the virtues to be upheld.”

Word by Word

आनृशंस्यम्compassion, kindness

अहिंसाnon-violence

चand

अप्रमादःvigilance, non-negligence

संविभागिताsharing, distribution (with others)

श्राद्धकर्मthe śrāddha rite (funerary/ancestral ritual)

अतिथेयम्hospitality to guests

चand

सत्यम्truthfulness

अक्रोधःabsence of anger, calmness

एवindeed, just

चand

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes