Shloka 23

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

Devanagari script

दान्त: शमपर: शश्वत्‌ परिक्लेशं न विन्दति । न च तप्यति दान्तात्मा दृष्टवा परगतां श्रियम्‌,“जो सदा अपनी इन्द्रियोंकों संयममें रखकर मनका निग्रह करता है, उसे कभी क्लेशका सामना नहीं करना पड़ता। जिसने अपने मनको वशमें कर लिया है, वह दूसरोंकी सम्पत्तिको देखकर संतप्त नहीं होता है”

Transliteration

dāntaḥ śamaparaḥ śaśvat parikleśaṃ na vindati | na ca tapyati dāntātmā dṛṣṭvā paragatāṃ śriyam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “One who is self-restrained and devoted to inner calm does not continually fall into distress. The person who has mastered the mind is not burned by envy on seeing another’s prosperity.”

Word by Word

दान्तःself-controlled (restrained)

शमपरःdevoted to mental calm/restraint

शश्वत्always

परिक्लेशम्affliction, distress

नnot

विन्दतिfinds, meets, experiences

नnot

चand

तप्यतिis pained, grieves, is distressed

दान्तात्माone whose self/mind is restrained

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

परगताम्gone to another; belonging to another

श्रियम्prosperity, wealth, fortune

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes