Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ कल्याणवृत्तः स्या- दनन्ताय नर: सदा | विहाय चित्त पापिष्ठं धर्ममेव समाश्रयेत्‌,“इसलिये मनुष्यको सदा कल्याणकारी सत्कर्मोमें ही लगे रहना चाहिये। इससे अनन्त फलकी प्राप्ति होती है। पापपूर्ण चित्त (चिन्तन या विचार)-का परित्याग करके सदा धर्मका ही आश्रय लेना चाहिये'

Transliteration

tasmāt kalyāṇa-vṛttaḥ syād anantāya naraḥ sadā | vihāya cittaṃ pāpiṣṭhaṃ dharmam eva samāśrayet ||

Translation

Therefore a person should always live by wholesome conduct and engage in beneficent deeds, for these lead to imperishable reward. Abandoning the most sinful tendencies of the mind, one should take refuge in dharma alone.

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that

कल्याणवृत्तःof auspicious conduct

स्यात्should be

अनन्तायfor the endless (fruit)/for infinity

नरःa man

सदाalways

विहायhaving abandoned

चित्तम्mind/mental disposition

पापिष्ठम्most sinful/very wicked

धर्मम्dharma/righteousness

एवindeed/only

समाश्रयेत्should resort to/take refuge in

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maintain wholesome conduct and beneficent action consistently, because it yields imperishable results; renounce sinful mental tendencies and rely solely on dharma as one’s guiding refuge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, in his ongoing narration, delivers a general ethical injunction: he turns from specific events to a universal counsel on right conduct—urging the listener to abandon sinful thoughts and adhere to dharma for lasting good.