Shloka 35

Vānaprastha-vṛtti and the Transition toward the Fourth Āśrama (वानप्रस्थवृत्तिः चतुर्थाश्रमोपक्रमश्च)

Devanagari script

आक्रुष्टस्ताडितश्वैव मैत्रेण ध्याति नाशुभम्‌ । वाग्दण्डकर्ममनसां त्रयाणां च निवर्तक:

Transliteration

ākruṣṭas tāḍitaś caiva maitreṇa dhyāti nāśubham | vāg-daṇḍa-karma-manasāṃ trayāṇāṃ ca nivartakaḥ ||

Translation

جو گالی سن کر اور مار کھا کر بھی دوستی کے بھاؤ سے اَشُبھ کا خیال نہیں کرتا، وہی زبان، عمل (دَند) اور من—ان تینوں کو ضرر سے روک کر واپس موڑ دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

आक्रुष्टःone who has been abused/insulted

ताडितःone who has been struck/beaten

चand

एवindeed/just

मैत्रेणby friendliness/with amity

ध्यातिthinks/meditates

नnot

अशुभम्evil/inauspicious (thing)

वाक्-दण्ड-कर्म-मनसाम्of speech, punishment/rod, action, and mind (i.e., of the three/four means)

त्रयाणाम्of the three

चand

निवर्तकःone who restrains/turns back (from them)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate maitri (friendliness) so that even under provocation—insult or injury—you do not generate harmful thoughts, and you actively restrain the three channels of misconduct: speech, bodily action, and mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa states a general dharma-teaching in the Śānti Parva: the truly disciplined person remains benevolent despite abuse and violence, and prevents retaliation by checking mind, speech, and action.