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Shloka 51

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

देहदोषांस्तथा ज्ञात्वा तेषां दुःखं च तत्त्वतः । देहविक्लवतां चैव सम्यग विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः

dehadoṣāṁs tathā jñātvā teṣāṁ duḥkhaṁ ca tattvataḥ | dehaviklavtāṁ caiva samyag vijñāya tattvataḥ ||

Bhishma dit : Ayant reconnu les défauts inhérents au corps, il faut aussi comprendre, en vérité, la souffrance qui en procède. De même, il convient de discerner avec justesse—telle qu’elle est—la fragilité du corps et son agitation. Par cet enseignement, Bhishma appelle à un détachement lucide et moral : voir sans se tromper les limites du corps et la douleur qui en découle rend l’homme apte à la fermeté, à la maîtrise de soi et à un discernement plus élevé.

देहदोषान्bodily faults/defects
देहदोषान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेहदोष (देह + दोष)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
ज्ञात्वाhaving known
ज्ञात्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
दुःखम्suffering
दुःखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तत्त्वतःin truth/as it really is
तत्त्वतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्त्वतः
देहविक्लवताम्the body's infirmity/feebleness
देहविक्लवताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेहविक्लवता (देह + विक्लवता)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सम्यक्properly/correctly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
विज्ञायhaving clearly understood
विज्ञाय:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + ज्ञा (धातु)
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
तत्त्वतःin truth/as it really is
तत्त्वतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्त्वतः

भीष्म उवाच

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Bhishma

Educational Q&A

To cultivate truthful discernment about the body: recognize its inherent defects, understand the suffering that follows from them, and clearly perceive bodily frailty. This realism supports ethical steadiness and detachment, reducing delusion-driven attachment.

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira on dharma and the path to peace after the war. Here he emphasizes reflective insight into embodied suffering as part of a broader teaching on restraint, dispassion, and right understanding.