Shloka 78

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

अक्कुद्धयन्तो5नसूयन्तो निरहड्कारमत्सरा: । ऋजव: शमसम्पना: शिष्टाचारा भवन्ति ते,जिनमें क्रोधका अभाव है, जो दूसरोंके दोष नहीं देखते, जिनमें अहंकार और ईर्ष्याका अभाव है, जो सरल तथा मनोनिग्रहसे सम्पन्न हैं, वे शिष्टाचारी कहलाते हैं

Transliteration

akkruddhayanto'nasūyanto nirahaṅkāramatsarāḥ | ṛjavāḥ śamasampannāḥ śiṣṭācārā bhavanti te ||

Translation

ಕ್ರೋಧವಿಲ್ಲದವರು, ಇತರರ ದೋಷಗಳನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕದವರು, ಅಹಂಕಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಅಸೂಯೆ ಇಲ್ಲದವರು, ಸರಳಸ್ವಭಾವಿಗಳು, ಶಮದಿಂದ (ಆತ್ಮನಿಗ್ರಹದಿಂದ) ಸಂಪನ್ನರು—ಅವರೇ ಶಿಷ್ಟಾಚಾರಿಗಳು ಎಂದು ಗುರುತಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

• अक्रुद्धयन्तः: not getting angry
• अक्रुद्धयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्रुद्धयत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धातु: क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अनसूयन्तः: not finding fault / not envying
• अनसूयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूयत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धातु: असूय्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निरहङ्कारमत्सराः: free from ego and jealousy
• निरहङ्कारमत्सराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरहङ्कारमत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋजवः: straightforward
• ऋजवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋजु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शमसम्पन्नाः: endowed with self-control (śama)
• शमसम्पन्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शमसम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त: सम्पन्न from धातु: पद्/पद्य् with सम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शिष्टाचाराः: of cultured conduct / well-behaved
• शिष्टाचाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्टाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भवन्ति: become / are
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyādha (the hunter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True refinement (śiṣṭācāra) is defined by inner virtues: absence of anger, refusal to malign others, freedom from ego and envy, straightforwardness, and disciplined calm (śama).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s instruction within Vana Parva, he explains to his listener what qualities mark a genuinely ‘cultured’ person, emphasizing ethical character over external identity.