Shloka 7

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

अहिंसानिरतो नित्यं जुह्नमानो जातवेदसम्‌ | षड्भिरेव स वर्षैस्तु सिध्यते नाज संशय:

Transliteration

ahiṃsā-nirato nityaṃ juhvamāno jātavedasam | ṣaḍbhir eva sa varṣais tu sidhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: Quien está siempre entregado a la no violencia y, cada día, vierte ofrendas en Jātavedas (el fuego sagrado), alcanza la realización espiritual en sólo seis años—de ello no hay duda.

Word by Word

• अहिंसा-निरतः: devoted to non-violence
• अहिंसा-निरतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरत (प्रातिपदिक); अहिंसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुह्वानः: offering (into fire), sacrificing
• जुह्वानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni, the fire-god)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• षड्भिः: with six
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्षैः: by years; within years
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सिध्यते: is accomplished; attains success
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अज: O Aj(a) (a form of address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संशयः: doubt
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Jātavedas (Agni)
• Agnihotra (implied by daily fire-offering)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical restraint—especially steadfast non-violence—combined with consistent sacred duty (daily fire-offering) is presented as a powerful, reliable path to spiritual accomplishment (siddhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, in his instruction on dharma, describes a disciplined practitioner devoted to ahiṃsā and daily offerings into the sacred fire, asserting that such a person attains siddhi within six years without doubt.