Shloka 9

Bhīmasena’s Counsel on Grief, Inner Conflict, and the Duty of Kingship (भीमसेन-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

शारीराज्जायते व्याधिमननसो नात्र संशय: । मानसाज्जायते वापि शारीर इति निश्चय:

Transliteration

śārīrāj jāyate vyādhir ananaso nātra saṁśayaḥ | mānasāj jāyate vāpi śārīra iti niścayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: From a bodily cause arises disease—of this there is no doubt. And it is also certain that from a mental cause a bodily ailment may arise as well.

Word by Word

शारीरात्from the body

जायतेis born/arises

व्याधिम्disease

अननसोof the mindless/without mind (i.e., of the body)

नnot

अत्रhere/in this matter

संशयःdoubt

मानसात्from the mind/mental (source)

जायतेis born/arises

वाor/also

अपिalso/even

शारीरःbodily/physical (disease)

इतिthus/that (quotative)

निश्चयःcertainty/definite conclusion

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Illness can arise from bodily factors, and mental disturbances can also generate physical disease; therefore ethical self-governance includes guarding the mind, not only the body.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana states a reflective maxim within the Shānti Parva’s instruction: he links physical suffering and mental states, emphasizing that inner causes can produce outer afflictions.