Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यथा यथा हि सद्वृत्तमालम्बन्तीतरे जना: । तथा तथा सुख प्राप्य प्रेत्य चेह च मोदते,इतर जातीय मनुष्य भी जैसे-जैसे सदाचारका आश्रय लेते हैं, वैसे-ही-वैसे सुख पाकर इहलोक और परलोकमें भी आनन्द भोगते हैं

Transliteration

yathā yathā hi sadvṛttam ālambantī tare janāḥ | tathā tathā sukhaṃ prāpya pretya ceha ca modate ||

Translation

ಇತರ ಜನರೂ ಕೂಡ ಯಾವ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾಚಾರವನ್ನು ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಅದೇ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಖವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಆ ಸುಖವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ಇಹಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ, ಮರಣಾನಂತರ ಪರಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಹರ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

यथाas, in whatever manner

यथाso, likewise (correlative)

हिindeed, for

सद्वृत्तम्good conduct, virtuous behavior

आलम्बन्तिthey resort to, take support of

इतरेother

जनाःpeople

तथाso, in that manner

तथाaccordingly, likewise

सुखम्happiness, pleasure

प्राप्यhaving obtained

प्रेत्यhaving departed (after death), in the hereafter

चand

इहhere (in this world)

चand

मोदतेrejoices, delights

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

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?

Happiness is proportional to one’s commitment to sadvṛtta (virtuous conduct): the more one relies on ethical living, the more one enjoys well-being both in this life and in the afterlife.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, the sage Parāśara is instructing his listener(s) on the fruits of dharma, emphasizing that moral discipline yields joy in both worldly and post-mortem states.