Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यस्यावाच्यं न लोके5स्ति नाकार्य चापि किंचन । वाचं तेन न संदध्याच्छुचि: संश्लिष्टकर्मणा,संसारमें जिसके लिये कुछ भी कह देना या कर डालना असम्भव नहीं है, ऐसे मनुष्यसे उस भले मनुष्यको बात भी नहीं करनी चाहिये जो अपने सत्कर्मके द्वारा विशुद्ध समझा जाता है

Transliteration

yasya avācyaṃ na loke 'sti na akāryaṃ cāpi kiṃcana | vācaṃ tena na sandadhyāc chuciḥ saṃśliṣṭa-karmāṇā ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「この世において『口にしてはならぬこと』がなく、『してはならぬこと』も何一つない者と、清らかな人—揺るぎない正しい行いによって浄められ高められたと知られる者—は、言葉を交わすことすらしてはならない。」

Word by Word

यस्यof whom/whose

अवाच्यम्unsayable/that which should not be said

नnot

लोकेin the world

अस्तिis/exists

नnot

अकार्यंa thing not to be done/forbidden act

चand

अपिeven/also

किंचनanything (at all)

वाचम्speech/words/conversation

तेनwith him/with that person

नnot

संदध्यात्should join/should engage (in)

शुचिःpure/clean (person)

संश्लिष्टकर्मणाby (his) well-ordered/connected conduct; by proper deeds

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person who recognizes no limits on what may be said or done is ethically dangerous; the virtuous should avoid even verbal association with such a person, protecting their own purity and moral clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Bhishma advises standards for association: the righteous should distance themselves from shameless individuals whose speech and actions have no restraint.