Shloka 21

कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace

Devanagari script

तस्मादेतैरधिक्षिप्त: सहेन्नित्यमसंज्वर: । गृहधर्मपरो विद्वान्‌ धर्मशीलो जितक्लम:

Transliteration

tasmād etair adhikṣiptaḥ sahen nityam asaṃjvaraḥ | gṛhadharmaparo vidvān dharmaśīlo jitaklamaḥ ||

Translation

因此，即便被这些人轻慢羞辱，也当恒常忍受，心不躁动，怒不生起。奉行居家之法的智者，应安然坚住于正法，战胜劳顿与忧苦，使修持之道不令间断。

Word by Word

• {'tasmāt': 'therefore, for that reason', 'etaiḥ': 'by these (people/things)

• instrumental plural of etad', 'adhikṣiptaḥ': 'reviled, insulted, disparaged

• one who is spoken to contemptuously', 'sahen': 'should endure/bear

• optative of √sah', 'nityam': 'always, continually', 'asaṃjvaraḥ': 'without feverish agitation

• untroubled, unperturbed (often implying freedom from anger/inner heat)', 'gṛha-dharma-paraḥ': 'devoted to the dharma of the householder (gṛhastha duties)', 'vidvān': 'wise, learned person', 'dharma-śīlaḥ': 'of righteous character

• habituated to dharma', 'jita-klamaḥ': 'one who has conquered weariness/fatigue

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches kṣamā (forbearance) and inner composure: even when insulted, one should not become heated with anger, but endure calmly. For a gṛhastha, steadfast daily practice of dharma—despite fatigue or distress—is presented as the mark of wisdom and righteous character.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers ethical instruction. Here he advises the listener on proper conduct under provocation, emphasizing restraint, endurance, and unwavering commitment to householder duties and moral discipline.