Shloka 47

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

धर्मात्मा भवति होवं चित्त चास्य प्रसीदति

Transliteration

dharmātmā bhavati hovaṃ citta cāsya prasīdati

Translation

ಬೇಟೆಗಾರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು: “ಈ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ನಡೆದುಕೊಂಡರೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಮನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಅವನ ಚಿತ್ತವೂ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನವಾಗಿ ಶಾಂತಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ.”

Word by Word

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled (one whose self is dharma)
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes / is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हो: indeed / O (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हो

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• चित्तम्: mind
• चित्तम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसीदति: becomes calm / is pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√सद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• vyādha (hunter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right conduct rooted in dharma transforms a person’s character (dharmātmā) and brings inner serenity (citta-prasāda). Ethical living is presented not only as social duty but as a direct cause of mental clarity and peace.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s discourse, he summarizes the fruit of dharmic behavior: the practitioner becomes righteous in disposition and experiences a pacified, contented mind—reinforcing his broader instruction that true dharma is known by lived conduct and its purifying effect.