Shloka 54

Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga

Non-attachment

Devanagari script

दण्डो यत्राविनीतेषु सत्कारश्न कृतात्मसु । चरेत्‌ तत्र वसेच्चैव पुण्यशीलेषु साधुषु

Transliteration

daṇḍo yatrāvinīteṣu satkāraś ca kṛtātmasu | caret tatra vasec caiva puṇyaśīleṣu sādhuṣu ||

Translation

Ở nơi kẻ ngỗ nghịch bị kiềm chế bằng hình phạt công minh, còn người tự chế được tôn kính đúng mực—hãy đi lại và cư trú tại đó, giữa những bậc có hạnh lành và người thiện.

Word by Word

• दण्डः: punishment, rod (as punishment)
• दण्डः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• अविनीतेषु: among the undisciplined
• अविनीतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविनीत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• सत्कारः: honour, respectful reception
• सत्कारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृतात्मसु: among the self-controlled (those with mastered mind)
• कृतात्मसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• चरेत्: should move about, should associate
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• वसेत्: should dwell, should live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुण्यशीलेषु: among the virtuous-natured
• पुण्यशीलेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यशील
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• साधुषु: among the good/saintly people
• साधुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Seek residence and association in a society that enforces discipline on the unruly (daṇḍa) and honors the self-controlled (satkāra). Such an environment sustains dharma by correcting wrongdoing and encouraging virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is giving counsel in the Śānti Parva’s ethical-discourse setting, advising what kind of community one should choose: a place governed by just restraint and respectful recognition of the virtuous.