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Shloka 38

राज्ञोऽभिषेकः, अराजकदोषः, दण्डधारणस्य आवश्यकता

Royal Consecration, the Fault of Kinglessness, and the Necessity of Enforcement

यदा निवृत्त: सर्वस्मात्‌ कामो यो<5स्य हृदि स्थित: । तदा भवति सत्त्वस्थस्ततो ब्रह्म समश्षुते,मनुष्यके हृदयमें जो-जो कामनाएँ स्थित हैं, उन सबसे जब वह निवृत्त हो जाता है, तब उसकी विशुद्ध सत्त्वगुणमें स्थिति होती है और इसी समय उसे परब्रह्म परमात्माके स्वरूपका साक्षात्कार होता है

yadā nivṛttaḥ sarvasmāt kāmo yo 'sya hṛdi sthitaḥ | tadā bhavati sattvasthaḥ tato brahma samaśnute ||

Bhīṣma lehrt: Wenn ein Mensch von jedem Begehren zurücktritt, das im Herzen Wohnung genommen hat, wird der Geist fest im reinen Sattva gegründet. In eben dieser inneren Reinheit und Standhaftigkeit erlangt er die unmittelbare Verwirklichung Brahmans — des höchsten Selbst — jenseits von Verlangen und Unruhe.

यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
निवृत्तःwithdrawn, ceased (from)
निवृत्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिवृत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वस्मात्from everything
सर्वस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
कामःdesire
कामः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwhich/that (who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्यof him
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
हृदिin the heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहृद्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स्थितःsituated, abiding
स्थितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
भवतिbecomes
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सत्त्वस्थःestablished in sattva
सत्त्वस्थः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्त्वस्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःthereupon, from that
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
समश्नुतेattains, reaches
समश्नुते:
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
FormPresent, Indicative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
B
Brahman

Educational Q&A

Freedom from all heart-rooted desires leads to a mind established in sattva (clarity and purity), and from that inner steadiness arises realization of Brahman.

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and the path to inner peace; here he describes the psychological and ethical condition—cessation of desire—that culminates in spiritual realization.