Shloka 36
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
विशुद्धमनसो दान्ता: श्रद्धादमसमन्विता: । अनसूयवो विक्रोधा: साधवो वीतमत्सरा:
viśuddhamanaso dāntāḥ śraddhādamasamanvitāḥ | anasūyavo vikrodhāḥ sādhavo vītamatsarāḥ ||
ਉਹ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਮਨ ਵਾਲੇ, ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਦਮਣ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ, ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਯਮ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਸਨ। ਉਹ ਦੋਸ਼-ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ, ਕ੍ਰੋਧ-ਰਹਿਤ, ਸਾਧੂ ਅਤੇ ਈਰਖਾ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤ ਸਨ।
नकुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines an ethical ideal: purity of mind, disciplined senses, faith joined with restraint, and freedom from fault-finding, anger, and envy—qualities that mark a truly virtuous person.
Nakula is describing the character traits of exemplary people, emphasizing inner purity and social virtues (non-malice, non-anger, non-envy) as markers of dharmic conduct within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s reflective, post-war moral discourse.