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Shloka 226

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

अग्नौ वाससि सूर्ये च सुखं शीते<थधिगच्छति । जब गर्मी पड़ती है

agnau vāsasi sūrye ca sukhaṁ śīte ’thādhigacchati

Kapag nananaig ang lamig, ang tao’y nakakakita ng ginhawa sa apoy, sa pananamit, at sa init ng araw. Ang diwa nito: ang kagalingan ng tao’y nakasalalay sa angkop na sandigan ayon sa kalagayan—sa init, hinahanap ang lilim, tubig, at simoy; sa lamig, hinahanap ang init at panakip. Ngunit kapag sumiklab ang takot sa kawalan ng batas at kawalan ng katiyakan, walang anumang panlabas na bagay ang makapagbibigay ng tunay na ginhawa—sapagkat ang kaligtasan at kaayusan ang saligan ng lahat ng karaniwang ligaya.

अग्नौin fire
अग्नौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
वाससिin a garment/cloth
वाससि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवासस्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
सूर्येin the sun (sunshine)
सूर्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सुखम्comfort, happiness
सुखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शीतेin cold (weather)
शीते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशीत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अधिगच्छतिattains/experiences
अधिगच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-गम्
FormPresent, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

ऐल उवाच

A
Agni (fire)
S
Sūrya (the sun)
V
Vāsa/Vastra (clothing/garment)

Educational Q&A

Comfort is relative to conditions (heat/cold), but the deeper teaching is that without security and social order (dharma upheld in society), ordinary sources of pleasure fail; fear destroys the possibility of peace.

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, the speaker (Aila) uses a simple seasonal analogy—seeking shade and water in heat, and fire, sun, and clothing in cold—to illustrate that well-being depends on proper supports, and to underline that anarchy or insecurity negates all such comforts.