Shloka 19

बलीन्द्रसंवादः — Kāla, Anityatā, and the Limits of Agency

Mahābhārata 12.217

Devanagari script

वैमनस्यं च विषये यान्त्यस्य करणानि च । तस्मात्‌ तन्मात्रमादद्याद्‌ यावदत्र प्रयोजनम्‌,उससे साधककी इन्द्रियाँ भी विषयोंकी ओरसे विरक्त हो जाती हैं। इसलिये उतना ही अन्न ग्रहण करना चाहिये, जितना जीवन-रक्षाके लिये वाउ्छनीय हो

Translation

Bhishma said: By this, the practitioner’s senses also turn away from sense-objects in dispassion. Therefore one should take only as much food as is necessary for the preservation of life.

Word by Word

वैमनस्यंdisaffection, aversion

चand

विषयेin/with regard to sense-objects

यान्तिgo, come to (a state)

अस्यof this (person/one)

करणानिinstruments; (sense-)organs

चand

तस्मात्therefore, from that reason

तत्that (much/that thing)

मात्रम्only so much; mere measure

आदद्याद्should take, should accept

यावत्as much as; up to the extent that

अत्रhere; in this matter

प्रयोजनम्purpose, need

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes