Shloka 11

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

सत्यवान्‌ दानशीलबश्र ब्रह्माण्यश्वञानसूयक: । क्षान्तो दान्तो जितक्रोध: स गच्छति परां गतिम्‌

Transliteration

satyavān dānaśīlaś ca brahmaṇyaś cān asūyakaḥ | kṣānto dānto jitakrodhaḥ sa gacchati parāṃ gatim ||

Translation

ਜੋ ਸੱਚਾ ਤੇ ਦਾਨਸ਼ੀਲ ਹੈ, ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਾਂ ਦਾ ਭਗਤ ਅਤੇ ਈਰਖਾ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ ਹੈ; ਜੋ ਖ਼ਿਮਾਵਾਨ, ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ-ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹੀ ਅਤੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ-ਜਿਤੂ ਹੈ—ਉਹ ਪਰਮ ਗਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• सत्यवान्: truthful
• सत्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दानशीलः: generous (of a giving nature)
• दानशीलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दानशील
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मण्यः: devoted to Brahmins / devoted to Brahman (the sacred)
• ब्रह्मण्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मण्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वज्ञानः: knower of horses (skilled in horses)
• अश्वज्ञानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्वज्ञान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनसूयकः: free from envy / not censorious
• अनसूयकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षान्तः: forbearing, patient
• क्षान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• जितक्रोधः: one who has conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितक्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गच्छति: goes, attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पराम्: supreme, highest
• पराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: state, course, destination
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmins (brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The highest spiritual attainment is linked to a cluster of virtues: truthfulness and generosity, reverence for the righteous (especially Brahmins as custodians of sacred learning), freedom from envy, and inner discipline—patience, sense-control, and conquest of anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he summarizes the qualities of a dharmic person and states the फल (result): such a person reaches the supreme goal.