Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

सत्यवादी लभेतायुरनायासमथार्जवम्‌ | अक्रोधनो5नसूयश्न निर्वतिं लभते पराम्‌

Transliteration

satyavādī labhetāyur anāyāsam athārjavam | akrodhano 'nasūyaś ca nirvṛtiṁ labhate parām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata— “Orang yang berkata benar memperoleh umur panjang, ketenteraman tanpa beban, dan kelurusan budi. Orang yang bebas dari amarah dan tidak mencari-cari cela pada orang lain mencapai kedamaian dan kepuasan tertinggi.”

Word by Word

• सत्यवादी: a truth-speaker
• सत्यवादी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लभेत: would obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• आयुः: life-span
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनायासम्: effortlessness; freedom from toil
• अनायासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनायास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: and then; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आर्जवम्: straightforwardness; sincerity
• आर्जवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्जव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्रोधनः: one who is free from anger
• अक्रोधनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्रोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनसूयः: non-envious; not fault-finding
• अनसूयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्वृतिम्: bliss; contentment; peace
• निर्वृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truthfulness supports longevity, ease, and integrity; freedom from anger and from fault-finding leads to the highest inner peace (nirvṛti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, in the course of his narration, states a dharma-teaching in aphoristic form, praising truthfulness and self-restraint as causes of well-being and supreme tranquility.