Shloka 26

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

शुभानुशयबुद्धिह्हि संयुक्त: कालधर्मणा । प्रादुर्भवति तद्योगात्‌ कल्याणमतिरेव स:,“जिसकी बुद्धि शुभमें ही आसक्त होती है, वह मनुष्य मृत्युको प्राप्त होनेपर उस शुभके संयोगसे कल्याणबुद्धि होकर ही उत्पन्न होता है”

Transliteration

śubhānuśayabuddhir hi saṁyuktaḥ kāladharmaṇā | prādurbhavati tad-yogāt kalyāṇamatir eva saḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Aquel cuya mente se inclina por hábito hacia el bien, cuando se une a la ley del tiempo—es decir, en el instante de la muerte—renace por esa misma asociación, con una disposición íntegra y auspiciosa».

Word by Word

शुभानुशयबुद्धिःa mind/intellect inclined to auspicious impressions

हिindeed/for

संयुक्तःjoined/connected

कालधर्मणाby the law of time (i.e., death/time’s ordinance)

प्रादुर्भवतिarises/manifests

तत्from that

योगात्from the connection/association

कल्याणमतिःone whose intellect is auspicious (good-mindedness)

एवonly/indeed

सःhe

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person’s deep-seated moral tendencies (anuśaya) shape the state of mind at death and condition the nature of the next birth; habitual inclination toward the good leads to an auspicious, welfare-oriented disposition in the next arising.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana delivers a doctrinal reflection within the Vana Parva’s discourse context, explaining how time/death (kāla) operates according to dharma so that a person’s ingrained orientation toward good manifests again as a wholesome mentality after death.