Shloka 28

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतानुकम्पी यः सर्वभूतार्जवव्रत: । सर्वभूतात्मभूतश्न स वै धर्मेण युज्यते,जो सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंपर दया करता है, सबके साथ सरलताका बर्ताव करता और समस्त भूतोंको आत्मभावसे देखता है, वही धर्मके फलसे युक्त होता है

Transliteration

sarvabhūtānukampī yaḥ sarvabhūtārjavavrataḥ | sarvabhūtātma-bhūtaś ca sa vai dharmeṇa yujyate ||

Translation

మహేశ్వరుడు చెప్పెను—సమస్త ప్రాణులపై కరుణ చూపి, అందరితో సరళత అనే వ్రతాన్ని పాటించి, సమస్త భూతాలను ఆత్మభావంతో దర్శించేవాడే నిజంగా ధర్మంతో యుక్తుడై ధర్మఫలాన్ని పొందుతాడు.

Word by Word

सर्वभूतानुकम्पीcompassionate towards all beings

यःwho

सर्वभूतार्जवव्रतःwhose vow is straightforwardness toward all beings

सर्वभूतात्मभूतःbecome (as it were) the self of all beings; seeing all beings as self

सःhe

वैindeed

धर्मेणby/through dharma (righteousness)

युज्यतेis joined/associated; becomes endowed

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Maheśvara (speaker)

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?

Dharma is not merely ritual or status; it is embodied through universal compassion, honest and straightforward conduct toward all, and an inner vision that recognizes all beings as one’s own self. Such a person becomes truly ‘joined’ to dharma and gains its results.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Śrī Maheśvara speaks a concise ethical criterion: the mark of a dharmic person is compassionate, sincere behavior toward every being, grounded in an expansive self-identification with all life.