Shloka 226

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

अग्नौ वाससि सूर्ये च सुखं शीते<थधिगच्छति । जब गर्मी पड़ती है

Transliteration

agnau vāsasi sūrye ca sukhaṁ śīte ’thādhigacchati

Translation

ଶୀତରେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଅଗ୍ନି, ବସ୍ତ୍ର ଓ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟରେ ସୁଖ ପାଏ। ଗ୍ରୀଷ୍ମରେ ସେ ଛାୟା, ଜଳ ଓ ବାୟୁର ଆଶ୍ରୟ ନେଇ ସୁଖ ଅନୁଭବ କରେ; ଏବଂ ଶୀତରେ ଅଗ୍ନିତାପ, ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟତାପ ଓ ବସ୍ତ୍ରାବରଣରେ ଆରାମ ମିଳେ। କିନ୍ତୁ ଯେତେବେଳେ ଅରାଜକତା ଓ ଅସୁରକ୍ଷାର ଭୟ ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ହୁଏ, ସେତେବେଳେ କୌଣସି ବସ୍ତୁରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସୁଖ ମିଳେ ନାହିଁ—କାରଣ ସୁରକ୍ଷା ହିଁ ସମସ୍ତ ସୁଖର ମୂଳ।

Word by Word

• अग्नौ: in fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वाससि: in a garment/cloth
• वाससि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सूर्ये: in the sun (sunshine)
• सूर्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• सुखम्: comfort, happiness
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शीते: in cold (weather)
• शीते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अधिगच्छति: attains/experiences
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-गम्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agni (fire)
• Sūrya (the sun)
• Vāsa/Vastra (clothing/garment)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Comfort is relative to conditions (heat/cold), but the deeper teaching is that without security and social order (dharma upheld in society), ordinary sources of pleasure fail; fear destroys the possibility of peace.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, the speaker (Aila) uses a simple seasonal analogy—seeking shade and water in heat, and fire, sun, and clothing in cold—to illustrate that well-being depends on proper supports, and to underline that anarchy or insecurity negates all such comforts.