Shloka 16

अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः

Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind

Devanagari script

आक्रुश्यमानो नाक्रुश्येन्मन्युरेनं तितिक्षत: । आक्रोष्टारं निर्दहति सुकृतं चास्य विन्दति,साध्यगणोंको हंसरूपमें ब्रह्माजीका उपदेश जो दूसरेके द्वारा गाली दी जानेपर भी बदलेमें उसे गाली नहीं देता, उस क्षमाशील मनुष्यका दबा हुआ क्रोध ही उस गाली देनेवालेको भस्म कर देता है और उसके पुण्यको भी ले लेता है

Transliteration

ākrūśyamāno nākrūśyen manyur enaṃ titikṣataḥ | ākroṣṭāraṃ nirdahati sukṛtaṃ cāsya vindati ||

Translation

قال الهَمْسَةُ: «حتى إذا شُتِم المرء فلا يشتم ردًّا؛ بل ليحتمل تلك الاستفزازات. فإن الغضب المكظوم لدى الصبور يحرق الشاتم، بل ويجتذب معه ما كان له من ثواب (كارما صالحة).»

Word by Word

आक्रुश्यमानःbeing abused/being shouted at

नnot

आक्रुश्येत्should abuse (in return)

मन्युःanger

एनम्him

तितिक्षतःof (the man) who endures/forbears

आक्रोष्टारम्the abuser/shouter

निर्दहतिburns up/destroys

सुकृतम्merit/virtuous deed (store of merit)

चand

अस्यof him (i.e., of the forbearing person)

विन्दतिobtains/takes away (for himself)

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

Haṃsa (the Swan sage/speaker)

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?

The verse teaches kṣamā and restraint in speech: when insulted, do not insult back. Patient endurance transforms anger into a moral force that harms the reviler and causes him to lose his accumulated merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, the speaker Haṃsa delivers a maxim about responding to abuse: the virtuous person practices forbearance, and the abuser suffers the ethical consequence—his merit is consumed and transferred away.