Shloka 29

दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food

Devanagari script

श्रुतवाक्य: श्रुतनिधि: श्रुतश्रव्यविशारद: । व्यवस्य मनस: शान्तिमगच्छत्‌ पाण्डुनन्दन:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | śrutavākyaḥ śrutanidhiḥ śrutaśravyaviśāradaḥ | vyavasya manasaḥ śāntim agacchat pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：般度之子由提希提罗听取了应当听取的教诲，成为学识的宝藏；他善于省思经典所示与值得聆听的伦理箴言。既已决断自身当行之事，他便获得了圆满的心安。

Word by Word

• श्रुतवाक्यः: one who has heard the teachings/words
• श्रुतवाक्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुतवाक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुतनिधिः: a treasure-store of learning (what is heard)
• श्रुतनिधिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुतनिधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुतश्रव्यविशारदः: skilled in what has been heard and what is worth hearing
• श्रुतश्रव्यविशारदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत-श्रव्य-विशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यवस्य: having resolved/decided
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स॑ (वस्/वस्य)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• मनसः: of the mind
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शान्तिम्: peace, tranquility
• शान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अगच्छत्: went to, attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दनः: son of Pāṇḍu (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True peace arises when one listens carefully to worthy instruction (śravya), assimilates scriptural and ethical knowledge (śruta), and then firmly resolves one’s duty (vyavasāya). Learning is presented not as mere information but as guidance culminating in inner tranquility (śānti).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva setting, after receiving the counsel of eminent elders and teachers, Yudhiṣṭhira is described as having absorbed those teachings, become firmly settled in understanding, and—having decided his proper course—reached a state of mental calm.