Shloka 35

Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)

Devanagari script

यथा प्रव्रजितो भिक्षुस्तथैव स्वे गृहे वसेत्‌

Transliteration

yathā pravrajito bhikṣus tathaiva sve gṛhe vaset

Translation

ਵਿਆਸ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰਜਿਤ ਭਿਖ਼ਸ਼ੂ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਹੀ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਵੱਸਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्रव्रजितः: gone forth (renounced)
• प्रव्रजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रव्रजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भिक्षुः: a mendicant / monk
• भिक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so / in that same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed / just / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्वे: in one's own
• स्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गृहे: in (the) house/home
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वसेत्: should dwell/live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• bhikṣu (mendicant/renunciant)
• gṛha (home/household)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches inner renunciation: even while remaining in household life, one should cultivate the same non-attachment, simplicity, and freedom from possessiveness that characterize a true mendicant.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers an ethical instruction, emphasizing that spiritual discipline is not limited to outward renunciation; the householder too can live with a renunciant’s mindset.