Shloka 2

Sāttvika-vṛtta-kathana (Brahmā on the Conduct of Sattva) — Chapter 38

Devanagari script

आनन्द: प्रीतिरुद्रेक: प्राकाश्यं सुखमेव च । अकार्पण्यमसंरम्भ: सन्तोष: श्रद्धधानता,आनन्द, प्रसन्नता, उन्नति, प्रकाश, सुख, कृपणताका अभाव, निर्भयता, संतोष, श्रद्धा, क्षमा, धैर्य, अहिंसा, समता, सत्य, सरलता, क्रोधका अभाव, किसीके दोष न देखना, पवित्रता, चतुरता और पराक्रम--ये सत्त्वगुणके कार्य हैं

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | ānandaḥ prītir udrekaḥ prākāśyaṃ sukham eva ca | akāpaṇyam asaṃrambhaḥ santoṣaḥ śraddadhānatā ||

Translation

వాయుదేవుడు పలికెను—ఆనందము, ప్రీతి, హర్షోద్గారం, అంతఃకరణప్రకాశము, సుఖము; కృపణతలేమి, అసంరంభము (అశాంతిలేని ప్రశాంత స్వభావము), సంతృప్తి, దృఢమైన శ్రద్ధ—ఇవే సత్త్వగుణమునకు లక్షణములైన కార్యములు.

Word by Word

आनन्दःjoy, bliss

प्रीतिःaffection, delight

उद्रेकःincrease, intensification

प्राकाश्यम्clarity, brightness, manifestation

सुखम्happiness, comfort

एवindeed, just

चand

अकार्पण्यम्non-miserliness, generosity

असंरम्भःcalmness, absence of agitation/impetuosity

सन्तोषःcontentment

श्रद्धधानताfaithfulness, being endowed with faith

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

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 defines sattva by listing its observable fruits in a person: joy, affectionate goodwill, increasing cheer, clarity, happiness, generosity (non-miserliness), calm restraint, contentment, and steady faith. Ethically, it presents sattva as a mind-state that supports dharmic conduct through clarity and self-control rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

In this section of the Aśvamedhika Parva, Vāyudeva is speaking and describing the marks (effects) of the sattva-guṇa. The discourse is didactic: it instructs the listener on how to recognize and cultivate sattvic qualities as part of moral and spiritual refinement.