Shloka 19

Śuka’s Nirveda: Vyāsa’s Admonition on Dharma, Impermanence, and ‘Imperishable Wealth’ (अक्षय-धन)

Devanagari script

मानसं सर्वभूतेषु वर्तते वै शुभाशुभम्‌ । अशुभेभ्य: सदा55क्षिप्य शुभेष्वेवावतारयेत्‌,सभी प्राणियोंके मनमें शुभ और अशुभ विचार उठते रहते हैं। मनुष्यको चाहिये कि वह चित्तको सदा अशुभ विचारोंकी ओरसे हटाकर शुभ विचारोंमें ही लगाये

Transliteration

mānasaṃ sarvabhūteṣu vartate vai śubhāśubham | aśubhebhyaḥ sadākṣipya śubheṣv evāvatārayet ||

Translation

Bhishma said: In the minds of all beings, both wholesome and unwholesome impulses continually arise. Therefore, one should always draw the mind away from what is unwholesome and settle it only in what is wholesome.

Word by Word

• मानसम्: mind (mental state)
• मानसम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतेषु: in all beings
• सर्वभूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• वर्तते: exists/operates
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Kartari

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• शुभाशुभम्: good and bad (thoughts/impulses)
• शुभाशुभम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ-अशुभ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अशुभेभ्यः: from the inauspicious (things/thoughts)
• अशुभेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• आक्षिप्य: having drawn away/removed
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-क्षिप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Kartari

• शुभेषु: in the auspicious (things/thoughts)
• शुभेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• एव: only/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अवतारयेत्: should place/bring down (fix)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Kartari

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma