Shloka 26

Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara

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Devanagari script

आनन्द: कर्मणां सिद्धि: प्रतिपत्ति: परा गति: | सात््विकस्य निमित्तानि भावान्‌ संश्रयते स्मृति:,आनन्द, सुख, कर्मोकी सिद्धि जाननेकी सामर्थ्य और उत्तम गति--ये चार सात्त्विक भाव हैं। सात्विक पुरुषकी स्मृति इन्हीं चार निमित्तोंका आश्रय लेती है अर्थात्‌ सात्त्विक पुरुष जाग्रत्‌ कालकी भाँति स्वप्नमें भी आनन्द आदि भावोंका ही स्मरण करता है

Transliteration

Ānandaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiḥ pratipattiḥ parā gatiḥ | sāttvikasya nimittāni bhāvān saṁśrayate smṛtiḥ ||

Translation

آنند، کرموں کی سِدھی، درست فہم (پرتیپتّی) اور اعلیٰ گتی—یہ ساتتوِک بھاؤ کے اسباب ہیں۔ ساتتوِک مرد کی سمرتی انہی بھاؤؤں کا سہارا لیتی ہے۔

Word by Word

आनन्दःjoy, bliss

कर्मणाम्of actions

सिद्धिःsuccess, accomplishment

प्रतिपत्तिःunderstanding, attainment

पराsupreme, highest

गतिःcourse, goal, state

सात्त्विकस्यof the sāttvika (one of sattva-nature)

निमित्तानिcauses, occasions, grounds

भावान्states, feelings

संश्रयतेresorts to, takes refuge in, depends on

स्मृतिःmemory, recollection

Speaker

असित उवाच

Characters & Entities

Asita

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A sāttvika person’s inner life is anchored in four wholesome supports—joy, successful right action, clear understanding, and orientation toward the highest goal. Because memory follows one’s dominant disposition, the sāttvika mind naturally recollects and gravitates toward these uplifting states even in dreams.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Asita explains markers of the sāttvika temperament. He describes how mental impressions and recollection (smṛti) align with sattva, shaping both waking conduct and dream-experience toward constructive, dharmic ends.