Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 150 Shloka 27 - Mahabharata | Marathi | Vedapath

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Shloka 27

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

एष वाणीकृतो देवि धर्म: सेव्य: सदा नरै: । शुभ: सत्यगुणो नित्यं वर्जनीयो मृषा बुचै:

Transliteration

eṣa vāṇīkṛto devi dharmaḥ sevyaḥ sadā naraiḥ | śubhaḥ satyaguṇo nityaṃ varjanīyo mṛṣā budhaiḥ ||

Translation

देवि! हा वाणीजन्य धर्म आहे; मनुष्यांनी तो सदैव आचरावा। विद्वानांनी नित्य शुभ व सत्य वचन बोलावे आणि असत्याचा त्याग करावा।

Word by Word

एषःthis

वाणी-कृतःmade/formed by speech

देविO goddess

धर्मःdharma; righteous conduct

सेव्यःto be practiced/served

सदाalways

नरैःby men; by people

शुभःauspicious; good

सत्य-गुणःhaving the quality of truth; truthful

नित्यम्always; constantly

वर्जनीयःto be avoided

मृषाfalsely; untruth

बुधैःby the wise; by learned people

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Maheśvara

Devī

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?

Speech itself is a field of dharma: one should consistently cultivate auspicious and truthful words, and the wise must renounce falsehood.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara addresses Devī and summarizes a rule of right conduct centered on speech—urging continual practice of truthful, beneficial utterance and rejection of lying.