Shloka 14

Kośa-saṃjanana and Subtle Dharma

Treasury Formation and Fine-Grained Ethics

Devanagari script

नायं लोको<$स्ति न पर इति व्यवसितो जन: । नालं गन्तुं हि विश्वासं नास्तिके भयशड्किते,संसारमें ऐसे भी मनुष्य हैं, जो यह निश्चय किये बैठे हैं कि 'यह लोक और परलोक हैं ही नहीं।' ऐसा नास्तिक मानव भयकी शंकाका स्थान है, उसपर कभी विश्वास नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

nāyaṃ loko 'sti na para iti vyavasito janaḥ | nālaṃ gantuṃ hi viśvāsaṃ nāstike bhayaśaṅkite ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “There are people in this world who have settled into the conviction, ‘This world and the next do not exist.’ Such a nihilistic unbeliever becomes a source of fear and suspicion; one should never place trust in him.”

Word by Word

नnot

अयम्this

लोकःworld (this world)

अस्तिexists

नnot

परःthe other (world), afterlife

इतिthus (quotative)

व्यवसितःresolved, determined

जनःperson, people (a man)

नnot

अलम्fit/able/enough (for)

गन्तुम्to go (to place/put)

हिindeed, for

विश्वासम्trust, confidence

नास्तिकेin/with regard to an atheist

भयशङ्कितेin one suspected/feared (as dangerous)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes