Shloka 27

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

यो न हिंसति सत्त्वानि मनोवाक्कर्महेतुभि:

Transliteration

yo na hiṃsati sattvāni manovākkarmahetubhiḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Whoever does not harm living beings—whether by the impulse of the mind, by speech, or through bodily action—embodies the discipline of non-violence as a complete ethical practice, not merely an outward restraint.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• हिंसति: harms, injures
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सत्त्वानि: living beings
• सत्त्वानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मनः: by mind
• मनः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वाक्: by speech
• वाक्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्म: by action/deed
• कर्म: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हेतुभिः: by means/causes
• हेतुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• sattvāni (living beings)