Shloka 30

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

Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability

Devanagari script

यत्‌ त्वसंतोषसंयुक्तमप्रीतिकरमात्मन: । प्रवृत्त रज इत्येवं ततस्तदपि चिन्तयेत्‌,जो अपने लिये असंतोषजनक एवं अप्रीतिकर हो, उसको रजोगुणकी प्रवृत्ति एवं अभिवृद्धि समझनी चाहिये

Transliteration

yat tv asaṃtoṣasaṃyuktam aprītikaram ātmanaḥ | pravṛttaṃ raja ity evaṃ tatas tad api cintayet ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Whatever a person finds bound up with dissatisfaction and producing no inner gladness for oneself should be understood as the stirring and increase of rajas (the passion-driven quality). Therefore one should reflect upon that as such.”

Word by Word

यत्that which

तुbut/indeed

असंतोष-संयुक्तम्connected with discontent

अप्रीति-करम्causing displeasure

आत्मनःof oneself/for oneself

प्रवृत्तम्arisen/active

रजःrajas (the quality of passion/activity)

इतिthus

एवम्in this manner

ततःtherefore/then

तत्that

तत्that (very)

अपिalso/even

चिन्तयेत्should consider/reflect

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

rajas (rajo-guṇa)

ātman (self)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes