Shloka 7

Devanagari script

स्वधर्मे वर्तमानानामर्थसिद्धि: प्रदृश्यते । तदेव मड़ल॑ लोक: सर्व: समनुवर्तते,जो अपने धर्मके पालनमें तत्पर रहते हैं, उन्हींसे अभीष्ट मनोरथकी सिद्धि होती देखी जाती है। सारा संसार उसी मंगलमय धर्मका अनुसरण करता है

Transliteration

svadharme vartamānānām arthasiddhiḥ pradṛśyate | tadeva maṅgalaṁ lokaḥ sarvaḥ samanuvartate ||

Translation

اُتَتھْیَہ نے کہا—جو لوگ اپنے اپنے سْوَدھرم میں ثابت قدم رہتے ہیں، انہی کی مرادیں پوری ہوتی دیکھی جاتی ہیں۔ حقیقت یہ ہے کہ سارا جہان اسی مبارک دھرم کی پیروی کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

स्वधर्मेin (one's) own duty

वर्तमानानाम्of those who are engaged/abiding

अर्थसिद्धिःattainment of the desired end/success

प्रदृश्यतेis seen/appears

तत्that

एवindeed/only

मङ्गलःauspicious/beneficial

लोकःthe world/people

सर्वःall/entire

समनुवर्ततेfollows/acts in accordance with

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Utathya

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?

Steadfastness in one’s own rightful duty (svadharma) is presented as the reliable cause of accomplishing one’s aims (artha-siddhi). Dharma is not merely personal piety; it is portrayed as an auspicious, welfare-producing norm that others naturally recognize and follow.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous living after the war, the sage Utathya speaks as a moral teacher, emphasizing that observable success and social harmony arise when people adhere to their proper duties, and that such dharma becomes a model for the wider world.