Shloka 22

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

सत्यवादी लभेतायुरनायासमथार्जवम्‌ | अक्रोधनो5नसूयश्न निर्वतिं लभते पराम्‌

Transliteration

satyavādī labhetāyur anāyāsam athārjavam | akrodhano 'nasūyaś ca nirvṛtiṁ labhate parām ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا— جو سچ بولتا ہے وہ دراز عمر، بے مشقت آسودگی اور سادگیِ کردار پاتا ہے۔ جو غصّے سے پاک ہو اور دوسروں میں عیب نہ ڈھونڈے، وہ اعلیٰ ترین سکون اور قناعت کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• सत्यवादी: a truth-speaker
• सत्यवादी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लभेत: would obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• आयुः: life-span
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनायासम्: effortlessness; freedom from toil
• अनायासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनायास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: and then; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आर्जवम्: straightforwardness; sincerity
• आर्जवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्जव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्रोधनः: one who is free from anger
• अक्रोधनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्रोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनसूयः: non-envious; not fault-finding
• अनसूयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्वृतिम्: bliss; contentment; peace
• निर्वृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truthfulness supports longevity, ease, and integrity; freedom from anger and from fault-finding leads to the highest inner peace (nirvṛti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, in the course of his narration, states a dharma-teaching in aphoristic form, praising truthfulness and self-restraint as causes of well-being and supreme tranquility.