Shloka 43

Devanagari script

संस्कृतस्य च दान्तस्य नियतस्य यतात्मन: । प्राज्ञस्यानन्तरा वृत्तिरिह लोके परत्र च

Transliteration

saṁskṛtasya ca dāntasya niyatasya yatātmanaḥ | prājñasya anantarā vṛttir iha loke paratra ca ||

Translation

The wise person—refined in conduct, self-restrained, disciplined, and master of the inner self—has an unbroken course of right living, both in this world and in the world beyond.

Word by Word

संस्कृतस्यof the refined/cultured (person)

चand

दान्तस्यof the self-controlled

नियतस्यof the disciplined/restrained

यतात्मनःof one whose self is controlled

प्राज्ञस्यof the wise

अनन्तराuninterrupted/continuous

वृत्तिःconduct/way of life

इहhere (in this world)

लोकेin the world

परत्रthere/afterwards (in the next world)

चand

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter, speaker)

prājña (the wise person, as a type)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True wisdom expresses itself as steady, uninterrupted right conduct. Refinement (saṁskāra), sense-control (dama), disciplined restraint (niyama), and self-mastery (yatātmatā) ensure that one’s dharmic life bears fruit both in the present world and beyond.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s instruction on dharma, he emphasizes that ethical excellence is not occasional but continuous. He points to the wise person’s consistent way of life as the standard that benefits one’s worldly life and one’s destiny after death.