Shloka 4

अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः

The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex

Devanagari script

छित्त्वा5धर्ममयं पाशं यदा धर्मेडभिरज्यते । दत्त्वा3भयकृतं दानं तदा सिद्धिमवाप्लुते,जो मनुष्य जब अधर्ममय बन्धनका उच्छेद करके धर्ममें अनुरक्त हो जाता और सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंको अभयदान कर देता है, उसे उसी समय उत्तम सिद्धि प्राप्त होती है

Transliteration

chittvā adharmamayaṁ pāśaṁ yadā dharme ’bhirajyate | dattvā abhayakṛtaṁ dānaṁ tadā siddhim avāpnute ||

Translation

パラーシャラは言った。「人がアダルマ（非正法）から成る縄目を断ち切り、ダルマ（正法）に帰依し、さらに一切の生きものに『無畏の施し』—自らによって誰も害されず、脅かされぬように生きること—を与えるなら、そのまさに時に、最高の霊的成就を得るのである。」

Word by Word

छित्त्वाhaving cut (after cutting)

अधर्ममयंmade of/consisting of adharma (unrighteousness)

पाशम्noose, bond

यदाwhen

धर्मेin dharma (righteousness)

अभिरज्यतेbecomes attached/delights (in)

दत्त्वाhaving given

अभयकृतम्producing fearlessness; granting safety

दानम्gift, donation

तदाthen, at that time

सिद्धिम्success, perfection, attainment

अवाप्नुतेattains, obtains

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

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?

True spiritual success arises from breaking free of adharma’s binding attachments and actively embracing dharma, especially through abhayadāna—ensuring others’ safety and freedom from fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, the sage Parāśara instructs the listener that inner transformation (severing unrighteous bonds) must be matched by ethical action (granting fearlessness), which immediately yields the highest attainment.