Shloka 14

Śarīrin, Buddhi, and the Limits of Sense-Perception (इन्द्रियबुद्धिशरीरिविचारः)

Devanagari script

अनिर्वेदो गतक्लेशो गततन्द्रिरमत्सरी । समाददध्यात्‌ पुनश्चेतो ध्यानेन ध्यानयोगवित्‌

Transliteration

anirvedo gatakleśo gatatandrir amatsarī | samādadadhyāt punaś ceto dhyānena dhyānayogavit ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「心が乱れたとき、瞑想の規律を知る者は落胆してはならず、苦悩に沈んでもならぬ。怠惰と嫉みを捨て、瞑想によって再び心を収め、堅く安定させよ。」

Word by Word

• अनिर्वेदः: freedom from despondency
• अनिर्वेदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिर्वेद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गतक्लेशः: whose afflictions are gone
• गतक्लेशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतक्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गततन्द्रिः: free from drowsiness/sloth
• गततन्द्रिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गततन्द्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमत्सरी: non-envious
• अमत्सरी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमत्सरिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाददध्यात्: should take up / should re-apply
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• चेतः: mind
• चेतः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ध्यानेन: by meditation
• ध्यानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ध्यानयोगवित्: knower of the yoga of meditation
• ध्यानयोगवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यानयोगविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A meditator should respond to distraction without discouragement: abandon lethargy and envy, and deliberately re-collect the mind through meditation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhishma advises the listener on practical conduct for meditation—how to regain concentration when the mind wanders.