Shloka 15

मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः

Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment

Devanagari script

नित्यतृप्तः सुसंतुष्ट: प्रसन्नवदनेन्द्रिय: । विभीर्जप्यपरो मौनी वैराग्यं समुपाश्रित:

Transliteration

nityatṛptaḥ susantuṣṭaḥ prasannavadanendriyaḥ | vibhīr japyaparo maunī vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: One should remain ever content and fully satisfied, keeping the face and the senses calm and cheerful. Let fear not gain entry. Devoted to repetition of sacred sound—such as the syllable Oṃ—one should be restrained in speech, abiding in silence and taking refuge in dispassion. In the ethical frame of the Śānti teachings, this describes the inner discipline by which a person becomes steady, harmless, and fit for higher knowledge.

Word by Word

• नित्यतृप्तः: always content/satiated
• नित्यतृप्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्यतृप्त (तृप्त < √तृप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुसंतुष्टः: well-satisfied
• सुसंतुष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसन्तुष्ट (सन्तुष्ट < √तुष्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसन्नवदनः: having a cheerful face
• प्रसन्नवदनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्नवदन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्रियः: sense(-controlled) one / (lit.) sense-organ
• इन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विभीः: fear
• विभीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभी (भय)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जप्य: to be muttered/recited; one who should recite
• जप्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप्य (gerundive < √जप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपरः: another; further; devoted (to that)
• अपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मौनी: a silent sage; one observing silence
• मौनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौनिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion, detachment
• वैराग्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समुपाश्रितः: having resorted to; having taken refuge in
• समुपाश्रितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उप-आश्रित (क्त < √श्रि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Praṇava (Oṃ)