Shloka 70

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

नियच्छन्ति परां बुद्धिं शिष्टाचारान्विता जना: । उपाध्यायमते युक्ता: स्थित्या धर्मार्थदर्शिन:

Transliteration

niyacchanti parāṁ buddhiṁ śiṣṭācārānvitā janāḥ | upādhyāyamate yuktāḥ sthityā dharmārthadarśinaḥ ||

Translation

Những người vững vàng trong nề nếp của bậc có giáo dưỡng biết kềm giữ và làm cho trí tuệ cao hơn của mình được an định. Thuận theo lời chỉ dạy của thầy, họ giữ kỷ luật trong nếp sống, nhờ đó phân biệt được điều gì là dharma chân chính và điều gì là lợi ích đích thực.

Word by Word

• नियच्छन्ति: restrain, control
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-यम् (यच्छ्)
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• बुद्धिम्: intellect, understanding
• बुद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शिष्टाचार-अन्विताः: endowed with proper conduct
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्टाचार + अन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उपाध्याय-मते: in the teacher's opinion/teaching
• उपाध्याय-मते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाध्याय + मत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युक्ताः: joined with, devoted to, aligned with
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (युक्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्थित्या: by steadiness, by firm conduct
• स्थित्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्म-अर्थ-दर्शिनः: seeing (what is) dharma and artha; discerning duty and benefit
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + अर्थ + दर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्याध (the hunter, speaker)
• उपाध्याय (teacher/preceptor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True discernment arises from self-restraint and steady conduct shaped by śiṣṭācāra (the norms of the wise) and guidance from a teacher; such discipline enables one to recognize both dharma (right) and artha (genuine benefit).

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter (Vyādha), instructing a seeker in ethical living, emphasizes that moral clarity is not merely theoretical: it is stabilized through disciplined life-practice and deference to sound instruction from a preceptor.