Shanti Parva Adhyaya 269 Shloka 9 - Mahabharata | Punjabi | Vedapath

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Shloka 9

Devanagari script

समा हार्जवसम्पन्ना: संतुष्टा ज्ञाननिश्चया: । प्रत्यक्षधर्मा: शुचय: श्रद्दधाना: परावरे

Transliteration

samā ārjavasaṃpannāḥ santuṣṭā jñānaniścayāḥ | pratyakṣadharmāḥ śucayaḥ śraddadhānāḥ parāvare ||

Translation

ਕਪਿਲ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਉਹ ਸਭ ਜੀਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਨਾਲ ਵੇਖਦੇ ਸਨ। ਸਾਦਗੀ, ਸੰਤੋਖ ਅਤੇ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਯ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਐਸਾ ਧਰਮ ਅਚਰਦੇ ਸਨ ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਫਲ ਜੀਵਨ-ਅਨੁਭਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਤੱਖ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਮਨ ਅਤੇ ਆਚਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਪਰ ਅਤੇ ਅਪਰ—ਦੋਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਰੱਖਦੇ ਸਨ: ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ।

Word by Word

समाःequal, impartial

आर्जवसम्पन्नाःendowed with straightforwardness

संतुष्टाःcontented

ज्ञाननिश्चयाःfirm in knowledge; having certainty of knowledge

प्रत्यक्षधर्माःwhose dharma is directly evident / yielding visible results

शुचयःpure, clean (in conduct/mind)

श्रद्दधानाःfaithful; having श्रद्धा

परावरेin the higher and the lower (i.e., in both: para and apara)

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?

The verse praises a model of spiritual-ethical life: impartiality toward all beings, simplicity and honesty, contentment, and a knowledge-based steadiness. It also harmonizes two orientations—reverence for scriptural discipline (śabda-brahman) and devotion to the highest, ineffable reality (para-brahman)—suggesting that purity and direct, lived dharma should culminate in higher realization.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kapila is describing the qualities of exemplary practitioners (ascetics/seekers) within the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation: they are equal-minded, pure, and steadfast in knowledge, and their practice yields visible ethical fruits while remaining grounded in both Vedic authority and the pursuit of the supreme Brahman.