Shloka 52

Devanagari script

इतीमं॑ हृदयग्रन्थिं बुद्धिभेदमयं दृढम्‌ । विमुच्य सुखमासीत न शोचेच्छिन्नसंशय:,बुद्धिके द्वारा कल्पित हुआ जो भेद है, वही --हृदयकी सुदृढ़ गाँठ है। उसे खोलकर संशयरहित हो ज्ञानवान्‌ पुरुष सुखसे रहे, कदापि शोक न करे

Transliteration

itīmaṁ hṛdayagranthiṁ buddhibhedamayaṁ dṛḍham | vimucya sukham āsīta na śocec chinnasaṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

وهكذا فإن عُقدةَ القلبِ الراسخة—المصنوعةَ من الفُروق التي ينسجها العقلُ من عند نفسه—ينبغي أن تُحلّ. فإذا انحلّت، أقام الحكيم في سعةٍ وطمأنينة؛ وإذا قُطِع الشكّ لم يَعُد يَحزن.

Word by Word

इतिthus

इमम्this

हृदयग्रन्थिम्knot of the heart

बुद्धिभेदमयम्consisting of/intimately made of the division (created) by intellect

दृढम्firm, strong

विमुच्यhaving released/untied

सुखम्happiness; comfortably

आसीतlet (him) sit/remain; should abide

नnot

शोचेत्should grieve

छिन्नसंशयःone whose doubts are cut off (doubt-free)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Suffering and grief persist as long as the heart remains tied by rigid inner divisions fabricated by the intellect (seeing ‘I vs. other’, ‘mine vs. not-mine’, ‘gain vs. loss’). By loosening this knot through clear understanding, one becomes free of doubt and therefore free of grief, abiding in inner ease.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, instructing on peace and right conduct in the Shanti Parva, concludes a point of spiritual counsel: the listener should untie the deep inner knot created by mental discrimination and thereby live calmly, with doubts resolved and sorrow ended.