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Shloka 31

परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269

Devanagari script

संतोषमूलस्त्यागात्मा ज्ञानाधिष्ठानमुच्यते । अपवर्गमतिर्नित्यो यतिधर्म: सनातन:

Transliteration

santoṣamūlas tyāgātmā jñānādhiṣṭhānam ucyate | apavargamatir nityo yatidharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ||

Translation

ကပိလက ပြောသည်– «ထိုစည်းကမ်းဓမ္မသည် ဉာဏ်ပေါ်တွင် တည်သည်ဟု ဆိုကြပြီး၊ ၎င်း၏ အမြစ်မှာ စိတ်ကျေနပ်မှု (သန္တောသ) ဖြစ်ကာ၊ သဘောတရားအနှစ်သာရမှာ စွန့်လွှတ်ခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။ လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်း (အပဝဂ္ဂ) သို့ အမြဲစိတ်ညွှန်ထားသော ဤအရာသည် ယတိ—အကျင့်သီလရှင်၏ ထာဝရဓမ္မ ဖြစ်၏»။

Word by Word

संतोषमूलःhaving contentment as its root

त्यागात्माwhose nature is renunciation

ज्ञानाधिष्ठानम्a foundation of knowledge

उच्यतेis said / is called

अपवर्गमतिःone whose intent is liberation

नित्यःconstant / ever (steadfast)

यतिधर्मःthe duty/practice of an ascetic

सनातनःeternal

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

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?

Kapila defines the ascetic’s eternal dharma as a life rooted in contentment and characterized by renunciation, firmly grounded in spiritual knowledge, with a constant orientation toward liberation (apavarga).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, Kapila is presenting a doctrinal summary of the renunciant path—describing the inner foundations (contentment, renunciation, knowledge) and the ultimate aim (liberation) that define yati-dharma.