Shloka 102
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
Devanagari script
साते न व्यथते बुद्धिरचला तत्त्वदर्शिनी
Transliteration
sāte na vyathate buddhir acalā tattvadarśinī
Translation
ビーシュマは言った。そのような境地では、心と知性は揺らがない。真実を見通す者であるがゆえに、堅く定まり、動じない。倫理の意は、正しい理解から生まれる内なる安定を讃えることにある——得失、苦楽、恐れと欲望に左右されぬ、静かな識別である。
Word by Word
सातेin/at the (state of) endurance/forbearance
साते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसात (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
व्यथतेis distressed / wavers
व्यथते:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यथ् (धातु)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada
बुद्धिःintellect, understanding
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अचलाunmoving, steady
अचला:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअचल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तत्त्वदर्शिनीseeing the truth / truth-discerning
तत्त्वदर्शिनी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतत्त्वदर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
True insight (tattva-darśana) produces an unshakable buddhi: when one understands reality correctly, the discerning mind remains steady and is not disturbed by changing circumstances.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and inner discipline. Here he describes the mark of genuine wisdom: a stable, truth-seeing intellect that does not waver.