Mahabharata 1.140.71 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 140, Shloka 71

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

अगर्वितात्मा युक्तश्न सान्त्वयुक्तो5नसूयिता । अवेक्षितार्थ: शुद्धात्मा मन्त्रयीत द्विजैः सह

Transliteration

agarpitātmā yuktaś ca sāntvayukto 'nasūyitā | avekṣitārthaḥ śuddhātmā mantrayīta dvijaiḥ saha ||

Translation

กณิกากล่าวว่า—พระราชาควรขจัดความหยิ่งผยองออกจากพระทัย ควบคุมจิตให้มีวินัยและตั้งมั่น กล่าววาจาอ่อนโยนเพื่อปลอบประโลม และละเว้นการจับผิดผู้อื่น. ทรงเฝ้าดูแลกิจการทั้งปวง รักษาความบริสุทธิ์ภายใน แล้วประทับร่วมปรึกษากับพราหมณ์ผู้ทรงความรู้.

Word by Word

• अगर्वितात्मा: one whose self is not proud (humble-minded)
• अगर्वितात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-गर्वित-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युक्तश्नः: moderate in eating (regulated in food)
• युक्तश्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त-श्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सान्त्वयुक्तः: endowed with conciliation/gentleness
• सान्त्वयुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सान्त्व-युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनसूयिता: not censorious; free from envy/ill-will
• अनसूयिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्-असूयित (अनसूयिन्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवेक्षितार्थः: one who keeps aims/affairs under observation; attentive to matters
• अवेक्षितार्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवेक्षित-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुद्धात्मा: pure-minded; of purified self
• शुद्धात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्त्रयीत: should deliberate/counsel
• मन्त्रयीत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्र्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (Optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular, injunctive/optative sense (should counsel/deliberate)

• द्विजैः: with Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

कणिक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇika
• rājā (king)
• dvija (brāhmaṇas/learned twice-born)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Effective and righteous rule begins with inner discipline: remove arrogance, speak gently, avoid fault-finding, stay attentive to all affairs, keep the mind pure, and make decisions through counsel with learned brāhmaṇas.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaṇika is instructing on statecraft and royal conduct, outlining the personal virtues and advisory practices a king should adopt—especially humility, measured speech, vigilance in administration, and consultation with qualified elders.