Shloka 36

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

विशुद्धमनसो दान्ता: श्रद्धादमसमन्विता: । अनसूयवो विक्रोधा: साधवो वीतमत्सरा:

Transliteration

viśuddhamanaso dāntāḥ śraddhādamasamanvitāḥ | anasūyavo vikrodhāḥ sādhavo vītamatsarāḥ ||

Translation

ಅವರು ಶುದ್ಧಮನಸ್ಸಿನವರು, ದಮನಶೀಲರು; ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆ ಮತ್ತು ಆತ್ಮಸಂಯಮದಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತರು. ದೋಷದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಲ್ಲದವರು, ಕ್ರೋಧರಹಿತರು, ಸಜ್ಜನರು, ಅಸೂಯೆ ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದವರು.

Word by Word

• विशुद्धमनसः: of purified mind
• विशुद्धमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध-मनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दान्ताः: self-controlled, restrained
• दान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• श्रद्धा: with faith
• श्रद्धा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दम: with self-restraint
• दम: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समन्विताः: endowed (with)
• समन्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अन्वि+इ (समन्वित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अनसूयवः: free from envy, non-censorious
• अनसूयवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूयु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विक्रोधाः: free from anger
• विक्रोधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साधवः: good men, virtuous ones
• साधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वीतमत्सराः: devoid of jealousy
• वीतमत्सराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीत-मत्सर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines an ethical ideal: purity of mind, disciplined senses, faith joined with restraint, and freedom from fault-finding, anger, and envy—qualities that mark a truly virtuous person.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula is describing the character traits of exemplary people, emphasizing inner purity and social virtues (non-malice, non-anger, non-envy) as markers of dharmic conduct within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s reflective, post-war moral discourse.