Shloka 42

Devanagari script

दीर्घदर्शी मृदुर्दान्त: सदा वैश्रवणो यथा

Transliteration

dīrghadarśī mṛdur dāntaḥ sadā vaiśravaṇo yathā

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവൻ ദീർഘദർശി, മൃദുസ്വഭാവി, ആത്മസംയമനമുള്ളവൻ; എപ്പോഴും വൈശ്രവണൻ (കുബേരൻ) പോലെ സ്ഥിരവും ശാന്തവുമായ സ്വഭാവം പുലർത്തി.

Word by Word

• दीर्घदर्शी: far-sighted, long-sighted
• दीर्घदर्शी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घदर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृदुः: gentle, mild
• मृदुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृदु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दान्तः: self-controlled, restrained
• दान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• वैश्रवणः: Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• वैश्रवणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्रवण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises a dharmic ideal of leadership and conduct: true strength is shown through foresight, gentleness, and disciplined self-restraint, qualities likened to the dignified steadiness associated with Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a person’s character in laudatory terms, using a simile—“like Vaiśravaṇa”—to emphasize enduring prudence, mildness, and self-control within the Ashramavāsika context of reflection and moral evaluation after the great war.