Shloka 48

Prāyaścitta and Contextual Non-Culpability (प्रायश्चित्त-निमित्त-अदोषवाद)

Devanagari script

शिष्टाचारश्व शिष्ट श्न धर्मो धर्मभूतां वर । सेवितव्यो नरव्याघ्र प्रेत्येह च सुखेप्सुना,धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ पुरुषसिंह! जो इहलोक और परलोकमें सुख चाहता हो उसे श्रेष्ठ पुरुषोंके आचार तथा उनके उपदेश किये हुए धर्मका सदा ही सेवन करना चाहिये

Transliteration

śiṣṭācāraś ca śiṣṭokto dharmo dharmabhṛtāṃ vara | sevitavyo naravyāghra pretyeha ca sukhepsunā ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “O best of the upholders of dharma, O tiger among men—whoever seeks happiness both here in this world and after death should constantly follow the conduct of the virtuous and practice the dharma as taught by the righteous.”

Word by Word

शिष्टाचारःthe conduct of the learned/virtuous

चand

शिष्टःa learned/virtuous person

चand

धर्मःdharma; righteous duty

धर्मभूतानाम्of those who are righteous (dharma-natured)

वरO best (one)

सेवितव्यःshould be practiced/served

नरव्याघ्रO tiger among men

प्रेत्यhaving departed (after death); hereafter

इहhere (in this world)

चand

सुखेप्सुनाby/for one desiring happiness

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

naravyāghra (addressed hero, unspecified by name in this verse)

śiṣṭāḥ (the virtuous/learned elders as a class)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes