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Shloka 231

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

येषां त्रिवर्ग: कृत्येषु वर्तते नोपहीयते । शिष्टाचारप्रवृत्ताश्न॒ तान्‌ नमस्याम्यहं सदा

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ trivargaḥ kṛtyeṣu vartate nopahīyate | śiṣṭācāra-pravṛttāś ca tān namasyāmy ahaṃ sadā ||

Translation

येषां त्रिवर्गः कृत्येषु वर्तते नोपहीयते । शिष्टाचारप्रवृत्तांश्च तान् नमस्याम्यहं सदा ॥

Word by Word

येषाम्of whom / whose

त्रिवर्गःthe three aims (dharma-artha-kāma)

कृत्येषुin duties / in what is to be done

वर्ततेexists / is engaged / operates

नnot

उपहीयतेis not diminished / does not decline

शिष्टाचारप्रवृत्तान्those devoted to the conduct of the learned/virtuous

तान्them

नमस्यामिI bow to / I salute

अहम्I

सदाalways

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

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 those who sustain the trivarga—dharma (righteous duty), artha (legitimate prosperity), and kāma (rightful desire)—without letting it decline, and who live by śiṣṭācāra, the ethical norms exemplified by the virtuous; such people are worthy of continual reverence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is speaking in a didactic context within the Anuśāsana Parva, offering a value-judgment: he expresses ongoing homage to exemplary persons whose life-goals and conduct remain aligned with duty and the standards of the good.