Shloka 86

Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अभ्युद्धरति चात्मानं॑ प्रसादयति च प्रजा: । फिर तो तुम्हें बहुत-से शुद्ध हृदयवाले

Transliteration

abhyuddharati cātmānaṁ prasādayati ca prajāḥ |

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಾನುಸಾರವಾಗಿ ನಡೆದು ಮನಸ್ಸು ಮತ್ತು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ವಶದಲ್ಲಿಟ್ಟವನು ತನ್ನನ್ನೇ ಉದ್ಧರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಪ್ರಜೆಯನ್ನೂ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆಗ ಶುದ್ಧಹೃದಯ, ದುರ್ವ್ಯಸನರಹಿತ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹಿಗಳಾದ ಅನೇಕ ಸಹಾಯಕರು ಅವನಿಗೆ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

• अभ्युद्धरति: raises up / delivers (saves)
• अभ्युद्धरति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्धृ (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आत्मानम्: oneself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रसादयति: pleases / makes favorable
• प्रसादयति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) + णिच्
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रजाः: the subjects / people
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• prajāḥ (the subjects/people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Self-mastery aligned with śāstra is both personally salvific and socially beneficial: controlling mind and senses uplifts one’s own life and naturally wins the trust and contentment of the people.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and righteous rule; here he emphasizes that a disciplined, śāstra-guided person (especially a ruler) secures his own welfare and also keeps the subjects pleased and peaceful.