Shanti Parva Adhyaya 62 Shloka 8 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 8

Varṇāśrama-ācāra and Vikarma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry on Safe Dharmas (शिवधर्मप्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

यत्रास्तमितशायी स्यान्निराशीरनिकेतन: । यथोपलब्धजीवी स्यान्मुनिर्दान्तो जितेन्द्रिय:

Transliteration

yatrāstamitaśāyī syān nirāśīr aniketanaḥ | yathopalabdhajīvī syān munir dānto jitendriyaḥ ||

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಸನ್ಯಾಸಿಯು ಮನಸ್ಸು ಮತ್ತು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಿ ಮುನಿವೃತ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಬದುಕಬೇಕು. ಆಸೆಯಿಲ್ಲದವನಾಗಿ, ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ ನಿವಾಸವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಇರಬೇಕು; ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತವಾಗುವ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲೇ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ಪಡೆಯಬೇಕು. ಪ್ರಾರಬ್ಧವಶಾತ್ ಏನು ದೊರಕುತ್ತದೋ ಅದರಿಂದಲೇ ಜೀವನ ಸಾಗಿಸಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

अस्तमित-शायीone who lies down (sleeps) at sunset (i.e., stays where sunset occurs)

स्यात्should be

निराशीःdesireless, without expectation

अनिकेतनःhomeless, without a fixed abode

यथाas, in whatever manner

उपलब्ध-जीवीliving on what is obtained (as it comes)

स्यात्should be

मुनिःsage, ascetic

दान्तःself-controlled, tamed

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

muni (sage/ascetic)

saṃnyāsī (renunciant)

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?

The verse teaches the ideal conduct of a renunciant: restrain mind and senses, abandon desires, avoid establishing a permanent residence, keep moving, and live on whatever comes unasked—cultivating detachment and inner discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma after the war; here he outlines practical marks of a true ascetic/saṃnyāsī—how such a person should dwell, eat, and relate to possessions and expectations.