Shloka 96

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

अनसूया क्षमा शान्ति: संतोष: प्रियवादिता । कामक्रोधपरित्याग: शिष्टाचारनिषेवणम्‌

Transliteration

anasūyā kṣamā śāntiḥ santoṣaḥ priyavāditā | kāmakrodhaparityāgaḥ śiṣṭācāraniṣevaṇam ||

Translation

ความไร้อิจฉาริษยา ความให้อภัย ความสงบ ความสันโดษ และวาจาอ่อนหวาน; การละกามและโทสะ; และการฝึกปฏิบัติศีลาจารวัตรอันประณีตอย่างสม่ำเสมอ—เหล่านี้คือคุณธรรมที่ควรบ่มเพาะ

Word by Word

• अनसूया: freedom from envy; non-maliciousness
• अनसूया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनसूया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षमा: forbearance; forgiveness
• क्षमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षमा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिः: peace; tranquility
• शान्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रियवादिता: speaking pleasantly; kind speech
• प्रियवादिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियवादिता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कामक्रोधपरित्यागः: abandonment of desire and anger
• कामक्रोधपरित्यागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परित्याग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिष्टाचारनिषेवणम्: practice/observance of good conduct
• शिष्टाचारनिषेवणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषेवण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyādha (the hunter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is supported by inner virtues: non-envy, forgiveness, peace, contentment, kind speech, and self-mastery through abandoning desire and anger, along with consistent practice of good conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha–Dharma discourse of Vana Parva, the hunter instructs his listener by listing key moral qualities and disciplines that constitute righteous living.