Shloka 35

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

श्रुतवन्तो दयावन्त: शुचय: सत्यसंगरा: । स्वैरर्थ: परिसंतुष्टास्ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:,जो शास्त्रज्ञ, दयालु पवित्र, सत्यप्रतिज्ञ और अपने ही धनसे संतुष्ट होते हैं, वे स्वर्गलोकमें जाते हैं

Transliteration

śrutavanto dayāvantaḥ śucayaḥ satyasaṅgarāḥ | svairarthāḥ parisaṃtuṣṭās te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ ||

Translation

శ్రవణాధ్యయనంతో పండితులు, ఆచరణలో దయగలవారు, జీవనంలో శుచులు, సత్యానికి ప్రతిజ్ఞాబద్ధులు, మరియు తమ న్యాయసమ్మత ఉపాయాలతో పొందినదానితో సంతృప్తి చెందేవారు—వారు స్వర్గలోకాన్ని పొందుతారు.

Word by Word

श्रुतवन्तःlearned, having heard (the scriptures)

दयावन्तःcompassionate

शुचयःpure, clean

सत्यसंगराःhaving truth as their vow/resolve (true in their pledge)

स्वैरर्थाःcontent with their own means/wealth (self-sufficient in aims)

परिसंतुष्टाःfully satisfied, content

तेthose

नराःmen, persons

स्वर्गगामिनःgoing to heaven, heaven-bound

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahādeva (Śiva)

Svarga (heavenly world)

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?

Heaven is presented as the fruit of a dhārmic character: learning grounded in disciplined listening, compassion, purity, unwavering truthfulness, and contentment with one’s own rightful means rather than greed or exploitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Mahādeva is delivering a didactic statement in the Anuśāsana Parva, enumerating the virtues that qualify a person for higher worlds, emphasizing ethical self-restraint and truth-centered conduct.