Shanti Parva Adhyaya 298 Shloka 36 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 36

अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः

The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex

Devanagari script

शरीरगृहसंज्ञस्य शौचतीर्थस्थ देहिन: । बुद्धिमार्गप्रयातस्य सुखं त्विह परत्र च

Transliteration

śarīra-gṛha-saṁjñasya śauca-tīrtha-stha dehinaḥ | buddhi-mārga-prayātasya sukhaṁ tv iha paratra ca ||

Translation

शरीरगृहसंज्ञस्य शौचतीर्थस्थ देहिनः । बुद्धिमार्गप्रयातस्य सुखं त्विह परत्र च ॥

Word by Word

शरीरगृहसंज्ञस्यof one whose (so-called) house is the body

शौचतीर्थस्थof one situated in the tīrtha of purity (i.e., taking purity as pilgrimage)

देहिनःof the embodied being

बुद्धिमार्गप्रयातस्यof one who has proceeded on the path of understanding/wisdom

सुखम्happiness

तुindeed/and/but

इहhere (in this world)

परत्रthere (in the other world)

चand

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

dehin (embodied being)

tīrtha (purity as pilgrimage)

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 well-being comes to the embodied person who treats purity (inner and outer) as the real ‘tīrtha’ and who, guided by discernment (buddhi), follows the path of spiritual and ethical welfare; such a person gains happiness both in this life and after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right living, the sage Parāśara delivers a didactic statement: he redirects the idea of pilgrimage from external places to personal purity and wise conduct, promising auspicious results in both worlds.