Shloka 95

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

गच्छन्तीह सुसंतुष्टा धर्मपन्थानमुत्तमम्‌ । शिष्टाचारा महात्मानो येषां धर्म: सुनिश्चित:,जो सर्वत्र दया करते हैं, जिनके हृदयमें करुणाकी अनुभूति होती है, वे श्रेष्ठ पुरुष इस लोकमें अत्यन्त संतुष्ट रहकर धर्मके उत्तम पथपर चलते हैं। जिन्होंने धर्मको अपनाये रखनेका दृढ़ निश्चय कर लिया है, वे ही महात्मा सदाचारी हैं

Transliteration

gacchantīha susantuṣṭā dharmapanthānam uttamam | śiṣṭācārā mahātmāno yeṣāṃ dharmaḥ suniścitaḥ ||

Translation

行いを律し、ダルマに固く定まった大いなる魂の人々は、深い満足のうちにこの世を歩み、正しさの最上の道を進む。あらゆる生きものに慈悲を向ける彼らこそ真の高貴なる者—ダルマを守り抜く誓いに揺るぎない。

Word by Word

• {'gacchantīha': 'go/walk here (in this world)', 'susantuṣṭā': 'well-contented, deeply satisfied', 'dharma-panthānam': 'the path of dharma, the way of righteousness', 'uttamam': 'highest, best, supreme', 'śiṣṭācārāḥ': 'of refined/proper conduct

• following the standards of the virtuous', 'mahātmānaḥ': 'great-souled ones

• noble persons', 'yeṣām': 'of whom

• whose', 'dharmaḥ': 'dharma

• righteous duty/ethical order', 'suniścitaḥ': 'well-determined

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True greatness lies in steadfast commitment to dharma expressed through śiṣṭācāra (upright conduct), universal compassion, and inner contentment; such people naturally follow the highest ethical path.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Vyādha (hunter) is instructing his listener on the marks of a genuine mahātmā: one who is satisfied within, compassionate to all, and unwaveringly established in dharma.