Shloka 863

Devanagari script

सन्त: स्वर्गजित:ः शुक्ला: संनिविष्ट श्च सत्पथे । जो न्यायपरायण, सदगुणसम्पन्न, सब लोगोंका हित चाहनेवाले, हिंसारहित और सन्मार्गपर चलनेवाले हैं, वे श्रेष्ठ पुरुष स्वर्गलोकपर विजय पाते हैं

Transliteration

santaḥ svargajitaḥ śuklāḥ sanniviṣṭāś ca satpathe | ye nyāyaparāyaṇāḥ sadguṇasampannāḥ sarvalokahitaicchavaḥ ahiṃsakāḥ sanmārgaparāyaṇāś ca te śreṣṭhāḥ puruṣāḥ svargalokaṃ jayanti ||

Translation

Mereka yang benar—murni dalam laku dan teguh di jalan yang mulia—itulah para penakluk surga. Yang berpegang pada keadilan, kaya kebajikan, menghendaki kesejahteraan semua makhluk, bebas dari kekerasan, dan setia pada jalan luhur: orang-orang unggul demikian meraih kemenangan di alam surga.

Word by Word

सन्तःthe good (men)

स्वर्गजितःconquerors of heaven (i.e., who win heaven)

शुक्लाःpure, bright

संनिविष्टाःseated/established, firmly set

चand

सत्पथेon the good path

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्याध (the hunter/seller of meat, speaker)

स

स्वर्गलोक (heavenly world)

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?

Heaven is not won by birth or status but by dharmic character: purity, commitment to justice, non-violence, and active goodwill toward all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s discourse on dharma (the famous Vyādha-gītā section of Vana Parva), the speaker instructs the listener that true excellence lies in ethical living—walking the right path and benefiting others—by which one attains heavenly reward.