Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

कृतशुद्धशरीरो हि पात्र भवति ब्राह्मण: । आनन्त्यमत्र बुद्धयेदं कर्मणां तद्‌ ब्रवीमि ते

Transliteration

kṛtaśuddhaśarīro hi pātra bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ | ānantyam atra buddhyedaṃ karmaṇāṃ tad bravīmi te

Translation

ଆଚରଣଦ୍ୱାରା ଯାହାର ଶରୀର-ଜୀବନ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇଛି, ସେଇ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ପାତ୍ର ହୁଏ। ଏଠାରେ କର୍ମମାନଙ୍କର ଅନନ୍ତ ବ୍ୟାପ୍ତିକୁ ବୁଦ୍ଧିରେ ବୁଝିବା ଉଚିତ; ତେଣୁ ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଏହା କହୁଛି।

Word by Word

• कृतशुद्धशरीरः: having a purified body
• कृतशुद्धशरीरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-शुद्ध-शरीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पात्रः: a fit recipient/vessel
• पात्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आनन्त्यम्: endlessness/infinity
• आनन्त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्त्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• बुद्ध्या: by/with understanding
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• इदं: this
• इदं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्मणाम्: of actions/rites
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say/tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular, Second

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapila
• brāhmaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purity achieved through disciplined conduct makes one a fit recipient of higher knowledge and gifts; one should also grasp that actions have limitless, far-reaching consequences (karma), so ethical self-purification is essential.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kapila is instructing his listener within the Śānti Parva’s didactic discourse, emphasizing qualifications for spiritual receptivity (being a ‘pātra’) and introducing the theme of the boundless scope of karma.