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Shloka 189

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

वर्णाश्रमकृतैर्धर्मविपरीतं क्वचित्समम्‌ | गतान्तैरध्यवसितमत्याश्रममिदं व्रतम्‌

varṇāśramakṛtair dharma-viparītaṃ kvacit samam | gatāntair adhyavasitam atyāśramam idaṃ vratam ||

قال بيشما: «هذا النسك، من وجهٍ، يخالف أحيانًا الدارما التي صاغها نظام الطبقات ومراحل الحياة (الڤرنة والأشرمة)، ومن وجهٍ آخر يوافقها. والذين بلغوا نهاية الطريق—العارفين بالنتائج المستقرة—قد عزموا عليه عزمًا لا يتزعزع. فهذا النذر قائمٌ وراء الأشرمة المألوفة (وفوقها).»

वर्णाश्रमकृतैःby (things) done according to varṇa and āśrama
वर्णाश्रमकृतैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्णाश्रमकृत
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
धर्मdharma; religious duty
धर्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विपरीतम्opposite; contrary
विपरीतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविपरीत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
क्वचित्somewhere; in some respect; sometimes
क्वचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्वचित्
समम्equal; in agreement
समम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गतान्तैःby those who have reached the end (i.e., know the conclusion)
गतान्तैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootगतान्त
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अध्यवसितम्resolved upon; firmly determined
अध्यवसितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-√वस् (अध्यवस)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
अति-आश्रमम्surpassing all āśramas; beyond the āśramas
अति-आश्रमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअत्याश्रम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
व्रतम्vow; observance
व्रतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma highlights a higher discipline (vrata) that can transcend the usual varṇa–āśrama duties: it may appear partly contrary to conventional social-religious norms, yet it is embraced by those who understand the final purport of dharma and liberation.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhīṣma is describing an exalted observance and emphasizing its authority: realized or well-grounded knowers have decisively adopted it, and it stands above ordinary life-stage frameworks.