Shloka 24

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

स्वेषु दारेषु संतोष: शौच॑ नित्यानसूयता । आत्मज्ञानं तितिक्षा च धर्मा: साधारणा नृप

Transliteration

sveṣu dāreṣu santoṣaḥ śaucaṃ nityān asūyatā | ātmajñānaṃ titikṣā ca dharmāḥ sādhāraṇā nṛpa ||

Translation

పరాశరుడు పలికెను—ఓ నృపా! తన స్వదారములయందే సంతృప్తి, శౌచం (పవిత్రత), నిత్య అనసూయత (ఈర్ష్యా-దోషదర్శన రాహిత్యం), ఆత్మజ్ఞానం, తితిక్ష (సహనం)—ఇవే సామాన్య ధర్మాలు.

Word by Word

• स्वेषु: in one’s own
• स्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
• Form: —, Locative, Plural

• दारेषु: wives (marital partners)
• दारेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार (prātipadika)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• संतोषः: contentment
• संतोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतोष (prātipadika)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शौचम्: purity/cleanliness
• शौचम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच (prātipadika)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नित्या: constant
• नित्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य (prātipadika)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अनसूयता: freedom from envy/censoriousness
• अनसूयता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनसूयता (prātipadika)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मज्ञानम्: knowledge of the Self
• आत्मज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज्ञान (prātipadika)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तितिक्षा: forbearance/endurance
• तितिक्षा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तितिक्षा (prātipadika)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• धर्माः: duties/virtues
• धर्माः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (prātipadika)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साधारणाः: common/general (to all)
• साधारणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधारण (prātipadika)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (prātipadika)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• nṛpa (the king, addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse lists sādhāraṇa-dharmas—universal ethical duties: fidelity/contentment within one’s own marriage, purity, freedom from envy and fault-finding, self-knowledge, and forbearance. Together they stabilize personal conduct and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, the sage Parāśara addresses a king and summarizes foundational virtues that apply broadly to all people, presenting them as common standards of righteous living.