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Shloka 9

परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269

Devanagari script

समा हार्जवसम्पन्ना: संतुष्टा ज्ञाननिश्चया: । प्रत्यक्षधर्मा: शुचय: श्रद्दधाना: परावरे

Transliteration

samā ārjavasaṃpannāḥ santuṣṭā jñānaniścayāḥ | pratyakṣadharmāḥ śucayaḥ śraddadhānāḥ parāvare ||

Translation

કપિલે કહ્યું—તેઓ સર્વ પ્રાણીઓને સમદૃષ્ટિથી જોતા. આર્જવ, સંતોષ અને જ્ઞાનમાં દૃઢ નિશ્ચયથી યુક્ત થઈ તેઓ એવો ધર્મ આચરતા જેના ફળનો અનુભવ પ્રત્યક્ષ થાય. મન અને આચરણથી શુદ્ધ રહી તેઓ પર અને અપર—બન્નેમાં શ્રદ્ધા રાખતા: શબ્દબ્રહ્મમાં પણ અને પરબ્રહ્મમાં પણ.

Word by Word

समाःequal, impartial

आर्जवसम्पन्नाःendowed with straightforwardness

संतुष्टाःcontented

ज्ञाननिश्चयाःfirm in knowledge; having certainty of knowledge

प्रत्यक्षधर्माःwhose dharma is directly evident / yielding visible results

शुचयःpure, clean (in conduct/mind)

श्रद्दधानाःfaithful; having श्रद्धा

परावरेin the higher and the lower (i.e., in both: para and apara)

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

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?

The verse praises a model of spiritual-ethical life: impartiality toward all beings, simplicity and honesty, contentment, and a knowledge-based steadiness. It also harmonizes two orientations—reverence for scriptural discipline (śabda-brahman) and devotion to the highest, ineffable reality (para-brahman)—suggesting that purity and direct, lived dharma should culminate in higher realization.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kapila is describing the qualities of exemplary practitioners (ascetics/seekers) within the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation: they are equal-minded, pure, and steadfast in knowledge, and their practice yields visible ethical fruits while remaining grounded in both Vedic authority and the pursuit of the supreme Brahman.