Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यादृशै: संनिवसति यादृशांश्लोपसेवते । यादृगिच्छेच्च भवितुं तादूगू भवति पूरुष:,पुरुष जैसे लोगोंके साथ रहता है, जैसे मनुष्योंका सेवन करता है और जैसा होना चाहता है, वैसा ही होता है

Transliteration

yādṛśaiḥ saṃnivasati yādṛśāṃś copasevate | yādṛg icchec ca bhavituṃ tādṛg eva bhavati pūruṣaḥ ||

Translation

មនុស្សរស់នៅជាមួយអ្នកណា ស្និទ្ធស្នាល និងសេពគប់អ្នកណា ហើយប្រាថ្នាឲ្យខ្លួនក្លាយជាអ្វី—ចុងក្រោយគេក៏ក្លាយទៅដូច្នោះដែរ។

Word by Word

यादृशैःwith what kind (of people)

संनिवसतिlives together (dwells)

यादृशान्what kind (of people)

लोकान्people, persons

उपसेवतेassociates with, attends upon

यादृक्of what kind (as/what sort)

इच्छेत्would wish, should desire

चand

भवितुम्to become

तादृक्of that kind, such

भवतिbecomes

पूरुषःa man, person

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

ह

हंस (Haṃsa)

प

पुरुष (pūruṣa, person)

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?

A person’s character and destiny are molded by three forces: the company he keeps (living together and habitual association) and his own inner aspiration. Therefore, choosing uplifting companions and cultivating a noble aim are ethical necessities.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, the Haṃsa speaks a concise moral maxim, instructing that one’s nature is shaped by one’s associates and one’s chosen ideal—an admonition relevant to personal discipline and dharmic living.