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
ビーシュマは言った。「常にアヒンサーに専心し、日々ジャータヴェーダス（聖なる火）に供物を投じて供養する者は、わずか六年で霊的成就を得る――これに疑いはない。」
Word by Word
अहिंसा-निरतःdevoted to non-violence
अहिंसा-निरतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरत (प्रातिपदिक); अहिंसा (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
जुह्वानःoffering (into fire), sacrificing
जुह्वानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु)
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni, the fire-god)
जातवेदसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
षड्भिःwith six
षड्भिः:
TypeAdjective
Rootषष् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
एवindeed, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वर्षैःby years; within years
वर्षैः:
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
तुbut, indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
सिध्यतेis accomplished; attains success
सिध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootसिध् (धातु)
FormPresent (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अजO Aj(a) (a form of address)
अज:
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaJ
Jātavedas (Agni)A
Agnihotra (implied by daily fire-offering)Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
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).
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.