Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अक्रोधन: सत्यवादी भूतानामविहिंसक: । अनसूयुरजिद्दाश्व शतं वर्षाणि जीवति,जो क्रोधहीन, सत्यवादी, किसी भी प्राणीकी हिंसा न करनेवाला, अदोषदर्शी और कपटशून्य है, वह सौ वर्षोतक जीवित रहता है सायंप्रातश्व भूज्जीत नानतराले समाहित: । वालेन तु न भुज्जीत परश्राद्धं तथैव च

Translation

Bhīṣma said: He who is free from anger, speaks truth, harms no living being, is without fault-finding, and is devoid of deceit—such a man lives for a hundred years. Let him eat in the evening and in the morning with a collected mind, not in between; and let him not partake of another’s śrāddha offering as well.

Word by Word

अक्रोधनःfree from anger

सत्यवादीtruth-speaking

भूतानाम्of living beings

अविहिंसकःnon-violent (not harming)

अनसूयुःfree from envy/censure

अजिद्दाश्वunclear reading; possibly 'un-deceitful/guileless' (textual issue)

शतम्a hundred

वर्षाणिyears

जीवतिlives

सायम्in the evening

प्रातःin the morning

चand

भुञ्जीतshould eat/partake

नnot

अन्तरालेin between (at intermediate times)

समाहितःcomposed, self-controlled

वालेनwith hair / by means of hair (reading uncertain in context)

तुbut

नnot

भुञ्जीतshould eat/partake

परश्राद्धम्another's śrāddha (funeral offering/rite)

तथाlikewise

एवindeed/just

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes