Shloka 120
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
अद्रोह: सर्वभूतेषु संतोष: शीलमार्जवम् | तपो दमश्न सत्यं च प्रदानं चेति सम्मितम्
adrohaḥ sarvabhūteṣu santoṣaḥ śīlam ārjavam | tapo damaś ca satyaṃ ca pradānaṃ ceti sammitam |
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಎಲ್ಲ ಜೀವಿಗಳ प्रति ಅദ್ರೋಹ, ಸಂತೋಷ, ಶೀಲ-ಆರ್ಜವ, ತಪಸ್ಸು, ದಮ (ಮನ-ಇಂದ್ರಿಯ ಸಂಯಮ), ಸತ್ಯ, ಮತ್ತು ನ್ಯಾಯಾರ್ಜಿತವಾದುದನ್ನು ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯಿಂದ ದಾನಮಾಡುವುದು—ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಗುಣವೂ ಮಹಾಯಜ್ಞಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಮಾನ ಫಲವಂತವೆಂದು ಗಣ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that inner moral disciplines—non-hostility to all beings, contentment, good character, straightforwardness, austerity, self-restraint, truthfulness, and righteous charity—are each as spiritually efficacious as performing grand ritual sacrifices, emphasizing ethical living as a form of yajña.
Vaiśampāyana, in his ongoing narration of the Ashvamedhika Parva, presents a didactic list of dharmic virtues, reframing ‘sacrifice’ from external ritual grandeur to internal ethical practice and daily conduct.