Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सर्वोपायैस्तु लोभस्य क्रोधस्य च विनिग्रह: । एतत्‌ पवित्र लोकानां तपो वै संक्रमो मत:,सम्पूर्ण उपायोंसे लोभ और क्रोधकी वृत्तियोंको दबाना चाहिए। संसारमें यही पवित्र तप है और यही सबके लिये भवसागरसे पार उतारनेवाला सेतु माना गया है

Transliteration

sarvopāyais tu lobhasya krodhasya ca vinigrahaḥ | etat pavitraṁ lokānāṁ tapo vai saṅkramaḥ mataḥ |

Translation

Hãy dùng mọi phương cách để chế ngự lòng tham và cơn giận. Đó mới là khổ hạnh (tapas) thanh tịnh của người đời, và được xem như chiếc cầu đưa qua dòng hiểm của cõi luân hồi.

Word by Word

सर्वोपायैःby all means/remedies

तुindeed/but

लोभस्यof greed

क्रोधस्यof anger

चand

विनिग्रहःrestraint/suppression

एतत्this

पवित्रम्pure/holy

लोकानाम्of people/of the worlds

तपःausterity/penance

वैindeed/certainly

संक्रमःcrossing over/transition

मतःis considered/held (to be)

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter, speaker)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines genuine tapas (austerity) not as external hardship but as inner mastery: restraining greed and anger through every practical method. This self-restraint is portrayed as purifying and as the effective means to cross beyond worldly bondage.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vana Parva’s dialogue where the vyādha instructs a seeker on dharma, he emphasizes everyday ethical discipline. Here he highlights control of lobha and krodha as the central spiritual practice that elevates ordinary life into a path of purification.