Shanti Parva Adhyaya 105 Shloka 13 - Mahabharata | Bengali | Vedapath

Shloka 13

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

Devanagari script

यत्‌ किंचिन्मन्यसे<स्तीति सर्व नास्तीति विद्धि तत्‌ । एवं न व्यथते प्राज्ञ: कृच्छामप्यापदं गत:

Translation

তুমি যে-কোনো বস্তুকে ‘আছে’ বলে মনে কর, তা আগেই ‘নেই’ বলে জেনে রাখো। এভাবে জ্ঞানী ব্যক্তি কঠিনতম বিপদে পড়লেও বিচলিত হয় না।

Word by Word

यत्whatever/that which

किंचित्anything, something

मन्यसेyou think/consider

अस्तिis/exists

इतिthus/“that” (quotative)

सर्वम्all (of it)

नnot

अस्तिis/exists

इतिthus (quotative)

विद्धिknow (you), understand

तत्that

एवम्thus, in this way

नnot

व्यथतेis distressed, is pained

प्राज्ञःthe wise man

कृच्छाम्hard, severe

अपिeven, also

आपदम्calamity, misfortune

गतःgone to, having reached

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes