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Shloka 14

Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala

On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving

कान्ताभिरपरांस्तत्र परिष्वक्तान्‌ ददर्श ह | न ददर्श च तान्‌ भूयो ददर्श च पुनर्नुप:

kāntābhir aparāṁs tatra pariṣvaktān dadarśa ha | na dadarśa ca tān bhūyo dadarśa ca punar nṛpaḥ |

قال بهيشما: «هناك رأى الملكُ آخرين قد ضُمّوا إلى صدور محبوباتهم. ثم عاد فلم يرهم؛ ثم رآهم مرةً أخرى. وهكذا، في ذلك العالم العجيب من لذّات السماء، كانت الإدراكات نفسها تتذبذب—إشارةً إلى أن المتعة والتعلّق غير ثابتين، وأن ما يُطلب عبر شهوات الحواس لا يُمسك على يقين.»

कान्ताभिःby/with beloved women
कान्ताभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकान्ता
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
अपरान्others (different ones)
अपरान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
परिष्वक्तान्embraced, clasped
परिष्वक्तान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि-स्वञ्ज्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)
ददर्शsaw
ददर्श:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ददर्शsaw
ददर्श:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तान्them
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
भूयःagain, further
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
ददर्शsaw
ददर्श:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
नृपःthe king
नृपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
T
the king (nṛpa)
B
beloved women (kāntāḥ)

Educational Q&A

Even when pleasure and companionship appear attainable, they are unstable and intermittently perceived; this underscores the unreliability of sense-based fulfillment and encourages restraint and detachment aligned with dharma.

Bhishma describes a king witnessing beings absorbed in embraces with their beloveds, but the vision flickers—sometimes visible, sometimes not—suggesting a wondrous or illusory realm where perception and enjoyment are not steady.