Shloka 646

Devanagari script

एवं स्वराज्यनाशे त्वं शोक॑ सम्प्रसहिष्यसि । तुम काम-भोगकी इच्छाको छोड़ो और राजलक्ष्मीके इस मदको त्याग दो। इस दशामें यदि तुम्हारे राज्यका नाश हो जाय तो तुम उस शोकको सह सकोगे

Transliteration

evaṁ svarājya-nāśe tvaṁ śokaṁ samprasahiṣyasi |

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Thus, if your own sovereignty is destroyed, you will be able to endure that grief. Therefore abandon the craving for pleasures and sense-enjoyments, and renounce the intoxication that comes from royal fortune; in such a condition, even if your kingdom perishes, you will be capable of bearing the sorrow.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• स्वराज्यनाशे: in the destruction of one's own kingdom
• स्वराज्यनाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वराज्यनाश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• शोकम्: grief, sorrow
• शोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्प्रसहिष्यसि: you will be able to endure fully
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that resilience in calamity comes from inner renunciation: give up craving for sense-pleasures and the pride/intoxication of royal prosperity, so that even the loss of sovereignty can be borne without being shattered.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing the listener on righteous conduct and the mindset of a ruler. Here he warns against attachment to enjoyment and the arrogance of power, framing them as causes of unbearable grief when fortune reverses.