Shloka 51
Devanagari script
अपि मूलफलाजीवो रमस्वैको महावने । वाग्यतः संगृहीतात्मा सर्वभूतदयान्वित:
Transliteration
api mūlaphalājīvo ramasvaiko mahāvane | vāgyataḥ saṅgṛhītātmā sarvabhūtadayānvitaḥ ||
Translation
قال بهيشما: وإن لم تجد إلا الجذور والثمار قوتًا، فأقم راضيًا وحدك في الغابة العظمى. اضبط لسانك، وروّض باطنك، وامتلئ رحمةً تجاه جميع الكائنات الحيّة.
Word by Word
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
मूलफलाजीवःone whose livelihood is (only) roots and fruits
मूलफलाजीवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूलफलाजीव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रमस्वtake delight / live happily
रमस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootरम्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada
एकःalone
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महावनेin the great forest
महावने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहावन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
वाक्by speech / in speech
वाक्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
यतःrestrained
यतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संगृहीतात्माone whose self (mind) is controlled
संगृहीतात्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंगृहीतात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वभूतदयान्वितःendowed with compassion toward all beings
सर्वभूतदयान्वितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वभूतदयान्वित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches a dharmic ascetic ideal: accept simple sustenance (roots and fruits), cultivate solitude and contentment, restrain speech, discipline mind and senses, and maintain universal compassion toward all beings.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the listener on righteous conduct after the war, here prescribing a forest-ascetic mode of life marked by austerity, inner restraint, and kindness to all creatures.