Shloka 36
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
विशुद्धमनसो दान्ता: श्रद्धादमसमन्विता: । अनसूयवो विक्रोधा: साधवो वीतमत्सरा:
viśuddhamanaso dāntāḥ śraddhādamasamanvitāḥ | anasūyavo vikrodhāḥ sādhavo vītamatsarāḥ ||
वे विशुद्ध मन वाले, इन्द्रियों को जीतने वाले, श्रद्धा और संयम से युक्त थे। वे दोषदृष्टि से रहित, क्रोधहीन, सज्जन और ईर्ष्या से मुक्त थे।
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines an ethical ideal: purity of mind, disciplined senses, faith joined with restraint, and freedom from fault-finding, anger, and envy—qualities that mark a truly virtuous person.
Nakula is describing the character traits of exemplary people, emphasizing inner purity and social virtues (non-malice, non-anger, non-envy) as markers of dharmic conduct within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s reflective, post-war moral discourse.