Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सत्यमार्जवमक्रोधमनसूयां दमं तप: । अहिंसां चानृशंस्यं च विधिवत्‌ परिपालय,सत्य, सरलता, अक्रोध, दोषदर्शनका अभाव, इन्द्रिय-संयम, तप, अहिंसा और दया आदि धर्मोंका विधिपूर्वक पालन करो

Transliteration

satyam ārjavam akrodham anasūyāṁ damaṁ tapaḥ | ahiṁsāṁ cānṛśaṁsyaṁ ca vidhivat paripālaya ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “Uphold, in the proper manner, the disciplines of truthfulness, straightforwardness, freedom from anger, absence of fault-finding envy, restraint of the senses, austerity (tapas), non-violence (ahiṃsā), and compassionate non-cruelty—these are the foundations of righteous conduct.”

Word by Word

सत्यम्truth

आर्जवम्straightforwardness, sincerity

अक्रोधम्freedom from anger

अनसूयाम्absence of envy/carping

दमम्self-control (sense-restraint)

तपःausterity

अहिंसाम्non-violence

चand

अनृशंस्यम्compassion, non-cruelty

चand

विधिवत्according to rule, duly

परिपालयprotect/observe (you should follow)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse instructs the disciplined practice of key dharmic virtues—truth, integrity, non-anger, non-enviousness, sense-restraint, austerity, non-violence, and compassion—as a coherent ethical foundation to be maintained correctly and consistently.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Vyāsa delivers a concise ethical injunction, listing fundamental virtues to be observed as part of righteous living and inner governance after the upheavals of war.