Shloka 91

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

एवं सन्‍्तो वर्तमानास्त्वेधन्ते शाश्वती: समा: । अहिंसा सत्यवचनमानृशंस्यमथार्जवम्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ santaḥ pravartamānās tv edhante śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | ahiṁsā satyavacanaṁ mānṛśaṁsyam athārjavam ||

Translation

ดังนี้แล ผู้เป็นสัตบุรุษดำเนินชีวิตเช่นนั้น ย่อมเจริญงอกงามตลอดกาลยาวนาน คุณธรรมคือ อหิงสา (ไม่เบียดเบียน), วาจาสัตย์, ความกรุณาไม่โหดร้าย, และความซื่อตรงตรงไปตรงมา—เป็นหลักที่ค้ำจุนให้ชีวิตเช่นนั้นมั่นคงและรุ่งเรือง

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

सन्तःgood/virtuous people

वर्तमानाःconducting themselves, living (so)

त्वेधन्तेthey prosper, they flourish

शाश्वतीःeternal, perpetual

समाःyears

अहिंसाnon-violence

सत्यवचनम्truthful speech

आनृशंस्यम्compassion, non-cruelty

अथand then, also

आर्जवम्straightforwardness, sincerity

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्याध (the hunter, speaker)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The hunter teaches that sustained well-being and true prosperity come from dharmic conduct—especially non-violence, truthful speech, compassion (absence of cruelty), and straightforward integrity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s discourse on dharma, he summarizes the practical virtues that define the ‘good’ (santaḥ) and explains that those who live by these qualities thrive over long, enduring years.