Shanti Parva Adhyaya 357 Shloka 9 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 9

Devanagari script

प्रकृत्या नित्यसलिलो नित्यमध्ययने रत: । तपोदमाशभ्यां संयुक्तो वृत्तेनानवरेण च,स्वभाव तो उसका पानीके समान है। वह सदा स्वाध्यायमें लगा रहता है। तप, इन्द्रिय- संयम तथा उत्तम आचार-विचारसे संयुक्त है

Transliteration

prakṛtyā nityasalilo nityam adhyayane rataḥ | tapodamāśabhyāṁ saṁyukto vṛttenānavareṇa ca ||

Translation

ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಅವನು ಸ್ವಭಾವತಃ ಸದಾ ನಿರ್ಮಲವಾಗಿ ಹರಿಯುವ ನೀರಿನಂತೆ—ಪವಿತ್ರನೂ ಶಾಂತಿದಾಯಕನೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಅವನು ನಿರಂತರ ಸ್ವಾಧ್ಯಾಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತನಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ತಪಸ್ಸು, ಇಂದ್ರಿಯನಿಗ್ರಹ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ದೋಷ ಸದಾಚಾರಗಳಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ.

Word by Word

प्रकृत्याby nature

नित्यसलिलःhaving water always (ever-moist)

नित्यम्always

अध्ययनेin study (of scripture)

रतःengaged, devoted

तपःausterity

दमself-control (sense-restraint)

आशाभ्याम्with (two) hopes/expectations

संयुक्तःendowed, joined (with)

वृत्तेनwith conduct/behavior

अनवरेणunsurpassed, excellent

चand

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

brāhmaṇa (speaker)

an exemplary person (unnamed)

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 defines ethical excellence through inner purity and steady discipline: constant sacred study (svādhyāya), austerity (tapas), sense-control (dama), and faultless conduct (anavara vṛtta). Character is presented as natural purity expressed through consistent practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, a brāhmaṇa speaker describes the qualities of an exemplary person, praising his innate purity and his sustained commitment to learning, restraint, and impeccable behavior as markers of dharmic life.