Shloka 8

Devanagari script

आश्रम: स्थूलशिरसो रमणीय: प्रकाशते । अत्र मानं च कौन्तेय क्रोधं चैव विवर्जय,यह स्थूलशिरा मुनिका रमणीय आश्रम शोभा पा रहा है। कुन्तीनन्दन! यहाँ अहंकार और क्रोधको त्याग दो

Transliteration

āśramaḥ sthūlaśiraso ramaṇīyaḥ prakāśate | atra mānaṃ ca kaunteya krodhaṃ caiva vivarjaya ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: “Here the delightful hermitage of the sage Sthūlaśiras shines in beauty. O son of Kuntī, in this sacred place set aside pride and abandon anger as well.”

Word by Word

आश्रमःhermitage

स्थूलशिरसःof Sthūlaśiras (the sage)

रमणीयःdelightful, charming

प्रकाशतेshines, appears splendid

अत्रhere

मानम्pride, self-conceit

चand

कौन्तेयO son of Kuntī

क्रोधम्anger

चand

एवindeed, just

विवर्जयavoid, give up

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

Sthūlaśiras

Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)

Āśrama (hermitage)

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?

In a sacred hermitage one should practice inner discipline: renounce māna (pride) and krodha (anger), since these disturb dharma and obstruct receptivity to spiritual instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa, guiding the Pāṇḍavas during their forest sojourn, points out the radiant hermitage of the sage Sthūlaśiras and instructs Kaunteya (the Pāṇḍava addressed) to enter the place with humility and calm, leaving pride and anger behind.