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Shloka 5

यथा ह्ुपस्थितैश्वर्या: प्रजायन्ते न राजसा: । एवमेवात्मना5७त्मानं पूजयन्तीह धार्मिका:

yathā hy upasthitaiśvaryāḥ prajāyante na rājasāḥ | evam evātmanātmānaṃ pūjayantīha dhārmikāḥ ||

Bhishma dijo: «Así como quienes ya poseen una soberanía asentada no buscan renacer por un afán rajásico (impulsado por la pasión), del mismo modo los justos honran aquí al Sí mismo por el Sí mismo. Mediante la práctica disciplinada del dharma, elevan su ser interior y alcanzan un estado más alto, cuidándose de no caer de nuevo en el ciclo de nacimientos y muertes por el predominio del rajas».

यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
उपस्थितpresent, obtained
उपस्थित:
TypeAdjective
Rootउपस्थित
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
ऐश्वर्याःprosperities, lordly powers
ऐश्वर्याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऐश्वर्य
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
प्रजायन्तेare born, arise
प्रजायन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + जन्
Formpresent, Atmanepada, 3rd, plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राजसाःrajasic (of rajas)
राजसाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootराजस
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आत्मनाby oneself; by the self
आत्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
आत्मानम्the self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
पूजयन्तिthey honor, worship
पूजयन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootपूज्
Formpresent, Parasmaipada, 3rd, plural
इहhere (in this world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
धार्मिकाःrighteous people
धार्मिकाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधार्मिक
Formmasculine, nominative, plural

भीष्म उवाच

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Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Righteous people avoid rajasic, desire-driven action that binds one to rebirth; instead, through dharma and inner discipline they honor and uplift the Self by their own effort, aiming at a higher spiritual state.

Bhishma is instructing on dharma, contrasting passion-driven conduct (rajas) that leads to continued birth with the dharmic path of self-cultivation, where one’s own inner effort becomes the means of elevation.