Shloka 43

Devanagari script

नानावाक्यसमाहारसमवायविशारदै: । विशेषकार्यविद्धिश्न मोक्षधर्मपरायणै:

Transliteration

nānāvākyasamāhārasamavāyaviśāradaiḥ | viśeṣakāryaviddhiṣṇu mokṣadharmaparāyaṇaiḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Они были искусны в собирании и согласовании множества высказываний, умели различать, что следует делать в особых обстоятельствах, и были преданы дхарме, ведущей к освобождению.

Word by Word

नानाvarious, many kinds of

वाक्य-समाहार-समवाय-विशारदैःby those skilled in the connection/combination and aggregation of various statements

विशेष-कार्य-विद्धिष्णुby those adept in special tasks/operations

मोक्ष-धर्म-परायणैःby those devoted to the dharma of liberation

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True guidance requires both breadth and integration: the ability to gather diverse teachings, reconcile them into a coherent view, and then apply them discerningly to specific duties—while keeping liberation-oriented dharma as the highest aim.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator, Vaiśampāyana, characterizes a group being described as learned and ethically grounded—adept at interpreting many statements and deciding appropriate action in particular circumstances, with a strong orientation toward mokṣa-dharma.