Shloka 12
Satya–Anṛta Viveka (Discrimination between Truth and Falsehood) | सत्य–अनृत विवेकः
Devanagari script
अहिंसार्थाय भूतानां धर्मप्रवचनं कृतम् । यः स्यादहिंसासम्पृक्त: स धर्म इति निश्चय:
Transliteration
ahiṁsārthāya bhūtānāṁ dharma-pravacanaṁ kṛtam | yaḥ syād ahiṁsā-sampṛktaḥ sa dharma iti niścayaḥ ||
Translation
প্ৰাণীৰ অহিংসাৰ বাবেই ধৰ্মৰ উপদেশ দিয়া হৈছে। সেয়ে যি অহিংসাৰ সৈতে সংযুক্ত—সেইয়াই ধৰ্ম; ধৰ্মাত্মাসকলৰ এই স্থিৰ বিশ্বাস।
Word by Word
अहिंसार्थायfor the purpose of non-violence
अहिंसार्थाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअहिंसा-अर्थ
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
भूतानाम्of beings
भूतानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
धर्मप्रवचनम्teaching/exposition of dharma
धर्मप्रवचनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म-प्रवचन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कृतम्made / composed / laid down
कृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
यःwho/that which
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्would be / is (as a rule)
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अहिंसासम्पृक्तःassociated with non-violence
अहिंसासम्पृक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअहिंसा-सम्पृक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त) of सम्+पृच्/पृञ्ज् (to be mixed/associated)
सःthat (one)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःdharma
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
निश्चयःcertainty / settled conclusion
निश्चयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिश्चय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaB
bhūtāḥ (living beings/creatures)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Dharma is fundamentally oriented toward preventing harm to living beings; whatever is inseparably connected with ahiṁsā (non-injury) is to be recognized as true dharma.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma is teaching Yudhiṣṭhira about the nature of dharma after the war, emphasizing ahiṁsā as the guiding criterion for righteous conduct.