Shloka 15

Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra

Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability

Devanagari script

अनात्मेति च यद्‌ दृष्टं तेनाहं न ममेत्यपि । वर्तते किमधिष्ठानात्‌ प्रसक्ता दुः:खसंसृति:,इसके विपरीत जिनकी दृष्टिमें यह दृश्य प्रपंच अनात्मा सिद्ध हो चुका है, उनकी इसके प्रति न ममता होती है न अहंता, फिर उन्हें दुःखपरम्परा कैसे प्राप्त हो; उन दुःखोंके लिये आधार ही क्या रह जाता है?

Translation

But for one who has seen that what is perceived is not the Self, there arises neither “I” nor “mine” toward it. Then from what support could the cycle of suffering take hold and continue? What basis would remain for those sorrows?

Word by Word

अनात्माnon-self

इतिthus

चand

यत्which (that which)

दृष्टम्seen/realized

तेनby that/therefore

अहम्"I" (ego-notion)

नnot

मम"my/mine"

इतिthus

अपिalso/even

वर्ततेarises/occurs/continues

किम्what?

अधिष्ठानात्from a basis/support

प्रसक्ताattached/ensnared; having arisen (as clinging)

दुःख-संसृतिःcycle/stream of suffering (painful transmigration)

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