Shloka 8
अध्याय ५८ — वानरध्वजस्य महेन्द्रास्त्रप्रयोगः
Chapter 58: Arjuna’s Deployment of the Indra-Weapon
क्षमा दमश्न सत्यं च आनृशंस्यमथार्जवम् । एते चान्ये च बहवो यस्मिन् नित्य॑ं द्विजे गुणा:,इन विप्रशिरोमणिमें क्षमा, इन्द्रियसंयम, सत्य, कोमलता, सरलता तथा अन्य बहुत-से सदगुण नित्य विद्यमान हैं
kṣamā damaś ca satyaṃ cānṛśaṃsyam athārjavam | ete cānye ca bahavo yasmin nityaṃ dvije guṇāḥ ||
Wika ni Arjuna: “Pagtitiis, pagpipigil-sa-sarili, katotohanan, habag, at pagiging tuwid—ang mga ito at marami pang ibang kagandahang-asal ay laging nasa pinakadakilang Brahmana.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a compact list of dharmic virtues—patience/forgiveness, self-restraint, truth, compassion, and straightforwardness—held up as enduring marks of an exemplary Brahmin character.
Arjuna is praising a Brahmin (addressed as ‘dvija’ and ‘foremost among Brahmins’), affirming that such noble qualities are constantly present in him, thereby establishing his moral authority and worthiness within the episode.