Shloka 7

परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269

Devanagari script

अक्रुध्यन्तोडनसूयन्तो निरहडकारमत्सरा: । ज्ञाननिष्ठास्त्रिशुक्लाश्व सर्वभूतहिते रता:,वे किसीपर क्रोध नहीं करते, कहीं दोषदृष्टि नहीं रखते, अहंकार तथा मात्सर्यसे दूर रहते हैं, ज्ञानके साधनोंमें उनकी निष्ठा होती है, उनके जन्म, कर्म और विद्या--तीनों ही शुद्ध होते हैं तथा वे समस्त प्राणियोंके हितमें तत्पर रहते हैं

Transliteration

akrudhyanto 'n asūyanto nirahaṅkāramatsarāḥ | jñānaniṣṭhās triśuklāśvāḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ ||

Translation

カピラは言った。「彼らは怒りに身を任せず、過失をあげつらうことも、妬みを抱くこともない。我執と嫉妬を離れ、知を求める道に堅く帰依する。生まれ・行い・学びの三つにおいて清らかであり、つねに一切衆生の利益に励む。」

Word by Word

अक्रुध्यन्तःnot getting angry

अनसूयन्तःnot finding fault; not censorious

निरहङ्कारfree from egoism

अमत्सराःfree from envy

ज्ञाननिष्ठाःsteadfast in knowledge

त्रिशुक्लाश्वाःhaving three ‘white horses’ (i.e., threefold purity: birth, conduct, learning)

सर्वभूतहितेin/for the welfare of all beings

रताःengaged; devoted

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines the ethical and spiritual profile of the truly wise: they are free from anger, envy, ego, and jealousy; they are steady in the pursuit of liberating knowledge; and their purity expresses itself as active concern for the welfare of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Kapila is describing the qualities of elevated seekers/knowers. Rather than recounting an external event, the passage functions as a normative description of the conduct and inner disposition that mark those established in knowledge and dharma.