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Shloka 28

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

सर्वभूतानुकम्पी यः सर्वभूतार्जवव्रत: । सर्वभूतात्मभूतश्न स वै धर्मेण युज्यते

sarvabhūtānukampī yaḥ sarvabhūtārjavavrataḥ | sarvabhūtātma-bhūtaś ca sa vai dharmeṇa yujyate ||

Maheshvara nói: “Người nào thương xót mọi loài, thề giữ sự ngay thẳng trong cách đối đãi với tất cả chúng sinh, và nhìn mọi loài bằng tâm niệm rằng họ chính là tự ngã của mình—người ấy thật sự hợp nhất với dharma và nắm giữ quả của dharma.”

सर्वभूतानुकम्पीcompassionate towards all beings
सर्वभूतानुकम्पी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-भूत-अनुकम्पिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वभूतार्जवव्रतःwhose vow is straightforwardness toward all beings
सर्वभूतार्जवव्रतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-भूत-आर्जव-व्रत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वभूतात्मभूतःbecome (as it were) the self of all beings; seeing all beings as self
सर्वभूतात्मभूतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-भूत-आत्म-भूत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
धर्मेणby/through dharma (righteousness)
धर्मेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
युज्यतेis joined/associated; becomes endowed
युज्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootयुज्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (contextual)

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Ś
Śrī Maheśvara (speaker)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is not merely ritual or status; it is embodied through universal compassion, honest and straightforward conduct toward all, and an inner vision that recognizes all beings as one’s own self. Such a person becomes truly ‘joined’ to dharma and gains its results.

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Śrī Maheśvara speaks a concise ethical criterion: the mark of a dharmic person is compassionate, sincere behavior toward every being, grounded in an expansive self-identification with all life.