Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 173 Shloka 50 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

आनुृशंस्यपरैर्भाव्यं सदैव नियतात्मभि: । ब्रह्मण्यैर्धर्मशीलैश्व तपोनित्यैश्ष भारता:

Transliteration

ānṛśaṃsyaparair bhāvyaṃ sadaiva niyatātmabhiḥ | brahmaṇyair dharmaśīlaiś ca taponityaiś ca bhāratāḥ ||

Translation

ಓ ಭರತವಂಶಜರೇ! ಆತ್ಮಸಂಯಮಿಗಳಾದವರು ಸದಾ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಮೇಲೂ ಕರುಣೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಸೌಮ್ಯತೆಯಿಂದ ವರ್ತಿಸಬೇಕು; ಮನಸ್ಸು ಮತ್ತು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ವಶದಲ್ಲಿಡಬೇಕು; ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಭಕ್ತರು, ಧರ್ಮನಿಷ್ಠರು, ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿತ್ಯಸ್ಥಿತರಾಗಿರಬೇಕು।

Word by Word

आनृशंस्यपरैःby/with compassionate (conduct)

भाव्यम्should be done/should be practiced

सदैवalways

नियतात्मभिःby the self-controlled

ब्रह्मण्यैःby those devoted to Brahmins/Brahman

धर्मशीलैःby the righteous in conduct

चand

तपोनित्यैःby those constant in austerity

भारताःO Bharatas (descendants of Bharata)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhāratas (descendants of Bharata)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that true dharmic life rests on three pillars: compassion toward others (ānṛśaṃsya), inner restraint (niyatātmā—control of mind and senses), and sustained religious-ethical discipline—reverence for Brahmins/sacred learning, righteous conduct, and regular tapas.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, conveys a normative instruction addressed to the Bhāratas: a concise ethical exhortation within Anuśāsana-parvan’s broader discourse on right conduct, emphasizing how those committed to dharma should behave.