Shloka 65

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

गुरुशुश्रूषणं सत्यमक्रोधो दानमेव च । एतच्चतुष्टयं ब्रह्मन्‌ शिष्टाचारेषु नित्यदा,ब्रह्मन! शिष्टाचारी पुरुषोंमें गुरुकी सेवा, सत्य-भाषण, क्रोधका अभाव तथा दान-ये चार सदगुण सदा रहते हैं

Transliteration

guruśuśrūṣaṇaṁ satyam akrodho dānam eva ca | etac catuṣṭayaṁ brahman śiṣṭācāreṣu nityadā ||

Translation

โอ้พราหมณ์! ในหมู่ผู้ประพฤติตามจรรยาของศิษฏะ ย่อมมีคุณธรรมสี่ประการอยู่เป็นนิตย์ คือ การปรนนิบัติครูด้วยความเคารพ ความสัตย์จริง ความไม่โกรธ และการให้ทาน

Word by Word

• गुरुशुश्रूषणम्: service to the teacher
• गुरुशुश्रूषणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु-शुश्रूषण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truthfulness
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अक्रोधः: absence of anger
• अक्रोधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दानम्: giving, charity
• दानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चतुष्टयम्: a set of four
• चतुष्टयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्टय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin (sir)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शिष्टाचारेषु: among the well-conducted (people)
• शिष्टाचारेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्टाचार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• नित्यदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यदा

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्याध (the hunter, speaker)
• ब्राह्मण (addressed as brahman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True refinement (śiṣṭācāra) is marked by four steady virtues: serving and honoring the teacher/elders, speaking truth, remaining free from anger through self-restraint, and practicing generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s instruction to a Brahmin, the speaker summarizes the ethical hallmarks of ‘cultured conduct,’ presenting a concise fourfold standard by which a person’s dharma can be recognized.