Shloka 9

Devanagari script

प्रकृत्या नित्यसलिलो नित्यमध्ययने रत: । तपोदमाशभ्यां संयुक्तो वृत्तेनानवरेण च,स्वभाव तो उसका पानीके समान है। वह सदा स्वाध्यायमें लगा रहता है। तप, इन्द्रिय- संयम तथा उत्तम आचार-विचारसे संयुक्त है

Transliteration

prakṛtyā nityasalilo nityam adhyayane rataḥ | tapodamāśabhyāṁ saṁyukto vṛttenānavareṇa ca ||

Translation

Bà-la-môn nói: “Tự bản tính, ông ấy luôn như dòng nước trong chảy mãi—thanh tịnh và làm mát lòng. Ông thường hằng chuyên chú vào việc tự học kinh điển thánh (svādhyāya). Ông đầy đủ khổ hạnh, tự chế, kỷ luật nghiêm minh, và nổi bật bởi hạnh kiểm không tì vết.”

Word by Word

• प्रकृत्या: by nature
• प्रकृत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• नित्यसलिलः: having water always (ever-moist)
• नित्यसलिलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्यसलिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• अध्ययने: in study (of scripture)
• अध्ययने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्ययन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रतः: engaged, devoted
• रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दम: self-control (sense-restraint)
• दम: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आशाभ्याम्: with (two) hopes/expectations
• आशाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Dual

• संयुक्तः: endowed, joined (with)
• संयुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृत्तेन: with conduct/behavior
• वृत्तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अनवरेण: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनवरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनवर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa (speaker)
• an exemplary person (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines ethical excellence through inner purity and steady discipline: constant sacred study (svādhyāya), austerity (tapas), sense-control (dama), and faultless conduct (anavara vṛtta). Character is presented as natural purity expressed through consistent practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, a brāhmaṇa speaker describes the qualities of an exemplary person, praising his innate purity and his sustained commitment to learning, restraint, and impeccable behavior as markers of dharmic life.