Shloka 7

मरुत्तोपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः — Genealogy to Marutta and the Logistics of Royal Sacrifice

Devanagari script

दानधर्मरता: शान्ता: सततं प्रियवादिन: । तेषां ज्येष्ठ: खनीनेत्र: स तान्‌ सर्वानपीडयत्‌

Transliteration

dānadharmaratāḥ śāntāḥ satataṃ priyavādinaḥ | teṣāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ khanīnetraḥ sa tān sarvān apīḍayat, rājan |

Translation

毗耶娑说道：“他们乐于布施与正法，性情安和，常说悦耳之言。然而其中长子名为迦尼涅特罗（Khanīnetra），却不断压迫其余诸弟，大王啊。”

Word by Word

• दानधर्मरता: devoted to charity and dharma
• दानधर्मरता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दानधर्मरत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शान्ता: peaceful
• शान्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सततम्: always, constantly
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम्

• प्रियवादिन: sweet-spoken
• प्रियवादिन: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियवादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• ज्येष्ठ: the eldest
• ज्येष्ठ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• खनीनेत्र: Khaninetra (proper name)
• खनीनेत्र: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खनीनेत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अपीडयत्: tormented, oppressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Khanīnetra
• the king (rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Outer virtues—charity, calmness, and pleasant speech—do not guarantee inner righteousness; true dharma is tested by how one treats the vulnerable, especially within one’s own family.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa describes a group characterized by virtuous qualities, but notes a moral rupture: their eldest, Khanīnetra, repeatedly torments the others, creating suffering despite the group’s otherwise exemplary conduct.