Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इज्याध्ययनदानानि तप: सत्यं क्षमा दम: । अलोभ इति मार्गो<यं धर्मस्याष्टविध: स्मृत:,यज्ञ, अध्ययन, दान, तप, सत्य, क्षमा, मन और इन्द्रियोंका संयम तथा लोभका परित्याग--ये धर्मके आठ मार्ग हैं

Transliteration

ijyādhyayanadānāni tapaḥ satyaṁ kṣamā damaḥ | alobha iti mārgo ’yaṁ dharmasyāṣṭavidhaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Ijyā (yajña/pemujaan), adhyayana (studi Weda), dāna (derma), tapas (laku tapa), satya (kebenaran), kṣamā (pemaafan), dama (pengendalian batin dan indria), serta alobha (tanpa ketamakan)—inilah delapan jalan dharma yang dikenal.

Word by Word

इज्याworship/sacrifice (act of offering)

अध्ययनstudy (of the Veda)

दानानिgifts/charities

तपःausterity/penance

सत्यम्truthfulness

क्षमाforbearance/forgiveness

दमःself-control (restraint)

अलोभःnon-greed/freedom from avarice

इतिthus

मार्गःpath/way

अयम्this

धर्मस्यof dharma/righteousness

अष्टविधःeightfold

स्मृतःis remembered/considered

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

dharma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is upheld through an eightfold discipline: worship/ritual duty, sacred study, generosity, austerity, truthfulness, forgiveness, self-restraint, and non-greed—balancing outward religious action with inward moral control.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śaunaka’s speech, the discussion turns to defining dharma in practical terms, listing the principal virtues and practices by which a person’s conduct becomes righteous and socially sustaining.