Shloka 35

Devanagari script

आक्रुष्टस्ताडितश्वैव मैत्रेण ध्याति नाशुभम्‌ । वाग्दण्डकर्ममनसां त्रयाणां च निवर्तक:

Transliteration

ākruṣṭas tāḍitaś caiva maitreṇa dhyāti nāśubham | vāg-daṇḍa-karma-manasāṃ trayāṇāṃ ca nivartakaḥ ||

Translation

សូម្បីត្រូវគេជេរ និងវាយក៏ដោយ អ្នកដែលដឹកនាំដោយមេត្រីភាព មិនគិតគូរលើអ្វីអសុភមង្គលឡើយ។ មនុស្សបែបនេះទប់ស្កាត់ឧបករណ៍បីនៃអំពើអាក្រក់—ពាក្យសម្តី កាយកម្ម និងចិត្ត—បង្វិលវាចេញពីការបង្កគ្រោះថ្នាក់។

Word by Word

आक्रुष्टःone who has been abused/insulted

ताडितःone who has been struck/beaten

चand

एवindeed/just

मैत्रेणby friendliness/with amity

ध्यातिthinks/meditates

नnot

अशुभम्evil/inauspicious (thing)

वाक्-दण्ड-कर्म-मनसाम्of speech, punishment/rod, action, and mind (i.e., of the three/four means)

त्रयाणाम्of the three

चand

निवर्तकःone who restrains/turns back (from them)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate maitri (friendliness) so that even under provocation—insult or injury—you do not generate harmful thoughts, and you actively restrain the three channels of misconduct: speech, bodily action, and mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa states a general dharma-teaching in the Śānti Parva: the truly disciplined person remains benevolent despite abuse and violence, and prevents retaliation by checking mind, speech, and action.