Shloka 20

मृत्यु-काल-प्रबोधनम् (Instruction on Mortality, Time, and Truth) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 169

Devanagari script

यथाशक्ति समाचारा: सम्प्रतुष्यन्ति हि प्रभो । नास्थाने क्रोधवन्तश्न न चाकस्माद्‌ विरागिण: । विरक्ताश्न न दुष्यन्ति मनसाप्यर्थकोविदा:

Transliteration

yathāśakti samācārāḥ sampratuṣyanti hi prabho | nāsthāne krodhavantaś ca na cākasmād virāgiṇaḥ | viraktāś ca na duṣyanti manasāpy arthakovidāḥ ||

Translation

قال بيشما: «يا مولاي، إن الناس يرضون إذا سلكوا السلوك القويم على قدر طاقتهم. والحكماء لا يغضبون بغير سبب، ولا ينقلبون فجأة إلى فتورٍ وجفاء. وأما المتجرّدون، البصيرون بمواطن المصلحة، فلا يقعون في الزلل—حتى في خواطرهم.»

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

शक्तिability, capacity

समाचाराःgood conduct, proper practices

सम्प्रतुष्यन्तिbecome fully satisfied/pleased

हिindeed, for

प्रभोO lord

नnot

अस्थानेin an improper place/occasion

क्रोधवन्तःangry, wrathful

नnot

चand

आकस्मात्suddenly, without cause

विरागिणःdispassionate, detached

विरक्ताःdetached (having become dispassionate)

नnot

दुष्यन्तिare tainted, become corrupt

मनसाby mind, mentally

अपिeven, also

अर्थकोविदाःknowers of meaning/purpose

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

prabho (addressed lord/king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes