Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

मान्यमानयिता जन्म कुले महति विन्दति । व्यसनैर्न तु संयोगं प्राप्रोति विजितेन्द्रिय:,(विन्दते सुखमत्यन्तमिह लोके परत्र च ।) “जो माननीय पुरुषोंका सम्मान करता है वह महान्‌ कुलमें जन्म पाता है। जितेन्द्रिय पुरुष कभी दुर्व्यसनोंमें नहीं फँसता है। उसे इस लोक और परलोकमें भी अत्यन्त सुखकी प्राप्ति होती है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | mānyamānayitā janma kule mahati vindati | vyasanair na tu saṃyogaṃ prāpnoti vijitendriyaḥ | (vindate sukham atyantam iha loke paratra ca) |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: One who honours those worthy of honour gains birth in a great lineage. A self-controlled person does not fall into association with vices and calamities; rather, he attains supreme happiness both in this world and in the next.

Word by Word

• {'vaiśampāyana uvāca': 'Vaiśampāyana said', 'mānya': 'worthy of honour, venerable', 'mānyamānayitā': 'one who honours/respects (venerable persons)', 'janma': 'birth', 'kula': 'family, lineage', 'mahati': 'great, eminent', 'vindati': 'finds, obtains', 'vyasana': 'vice

• calamity/misfortune (contextually: ruinous habits and their consequences)', 'na tu': 'but not', 'saṃyoga': 'contact, association, entanglement', 'prāpnoti': 'attains, comes to', 'vijitendriyaḥ': 'one who has conquered the senses

• self-controlled', 'sukha': 'happiness, well-being', 'atyantam': 'exceeding, supreme', 'iha loke': 'in this world', 'paratra': 'in the other world, hereafter', 'ca': 'and'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honouring the honourable and practicing sense-control are presented as dharmic causes that lead to noble birth and freedom from ruinous vices, culminating in well-being both here and hereafter.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s ongoing narration, a general ethical maxim is stated: respect for worthy persons and mastery over the senses protect one from destructive entanglements and yield lasting happiness.