Shloka 24

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

ये वर्जयन्ति परुषं परद्रोहं च मानवा: । सर्वभूतसमा दान्तास्ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:

Transliteration

ye varjayanti paruṣaṃ paradrohaṃ ca mānavāḥ | sarvabhūtasamā dāntās te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ ||

Translation

ผู้ใดละความกระด้างและการทรยศต่อผู้อื่น มีความสำรวม และมองสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวงด้วยความเสมอภาค—ผู้นั้นย่อมไปสวรรค์

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

वर्जयन्तिavoid, shun

परुषम्harsh speech / harshness

परद्रोहम्treachery toward others

चand

मानवाःpeople, men

सर्वभूतसमाःequal toward all beings

दान्ताःself-controlled, restrained

तेthey, those

नराःmen

स्वर्गगामिनःgoing to heaven, heaven-bound

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī-Maheśvara (Śiva)

mānavāḥ (human beings)

svarga (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The core teaching is that dharmic conduct includes avoiding harshness (especially in speech and behavior) and avoiding betrayal or harm to others; cultivating self-restraint and equal regard for all beings leads to meritorious results, described here as attaining heaven.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Śrī Maheśvara speaks a moral injunction, praising those who practice restraint, impartiality toward all beings, and loyalty/non-treachery, and declaring their auspicious destiny.