Shloka 18

Brāhmaṇa-kṛtya, Āśrama-niyama, and Dāna-prasaṃsā

Duties of the Brāhmaṇa, āśrama discipline, and praise of giving

Devanagari script

न तत्सद:सत्परिषत्‌ सभा च सा प्राप्प यां न कुरुते सदा भयम्‌ । धर्मतत्त्वमवगाहा बुद्धिमान्‌ यो<भ्युपैति स धुरंधर: पुमान्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | na tat sad-asat pariṣat sabhā ca sā prāpya yāṃ na kurute sadā bhayam | dharma-tattvam avagāhya buddhimān yo 'bhyupaiti sa dhuraṃdharaḥ pumān ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „Es gibt keine Versammlung, keinen Rat der Guten und keine Menge von Menschen, die, wenn man sie erreicht, einem für immer die Furcht nähme. Wahrhaft tüchtig ist der Weise, der in die Wirklichkeit des Dharma eintaucht, sie tief erkennt und sich entscheidet, nach ihr zu leben — statt auf die vermeintliche Sicherheit von Gemeinschaft oder Institutionen zu bauen.“

Word by Word

• {'na': 'not', 'tat': 'that (such a one/that kind)', 'sad-asat': 'good and bad

• virtuous and non-virtuous (mixed)', 'pariṣat': 'council

• learned/elite assembly', 'sabhā': 'assembly hall

• court', 'prāpya': 'having attained

• upon reaching', 'yām': 'which (feminine accusative

• referring to sabhā/pariṣat)', 'na kurute': 'does not make/experience (here: does not have)', 'sadā': 'always', 'bhayam': 'fear

• apprehension', 'dharma-tattvam': 'the true principle/reality of dharma', 'avagāhya': 'having plunged into

• having comprehended thoroughly', 'buddhimān': 'wise

• discerning', 'yaḥ': 'who', 'abhyupaiti': 'approaches

• accepts as one’s course', 'saḥ': 'he', 'dhuraṃdharaḥ': 'a burden-bearer

• one who can carry responsibility', 'pumān': 'man

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)