Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 164 Shloka 13 - Mahabharata | Lao | Vedapath

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Shloka 13

Devanagari script

त्याज्यं त्यक्त्वा चासुराणां वधाय कार्याकार्ये कारणं चैव पार्थ | कृतं करिष्यत्‌ क्रियते च देवो राहुं सोम॑ विद्धि च शक्रमेनम्‌

Transliteration

tyājyaṃ tyaktvā cāsurāṇāṃ vadhāya kāryākārye kāraṇaṃ caiva pārtha | kṛtaṃ kariṣyat kriyate ca devo rāhuṃ somaṃ viddhi ca śakram enam, kuntīnandana! |

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພາຣຖະ! ມີພຣະອົງຜູ້ໜຶ່ງ ຜູ້ລະທິ້ງສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນລະ ແລ້ວກາຍເປັນເຫດປັດໃຈເອງ ເພື່ອການທຳລາຍອະສຸຣະ. ສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນເຮັດ ແລະສິ່ງທີ່ບໍ່ຄວນເຮັດ ພ້ອມທັງເຫດຂອງທັງສອງ ລ້ວນເປັນສະພາບຂອງພຣະອົງ. ພຣະເຈົ້າຜູ້ເປັນເທວະນັ້ນ ແມ່ນຮູບແຫ່ງກຳ—ທັງສິ່ງທີ່ໄດ້ເຮັດແລ້ວ, ທີ່ຈະເຮັດ, ແລະທີ່ກຳລັງເຮັດ. ໂອ ລູກແຫ່ງກຸນຕີ! ຈົ່ງຮູ້ພຣະອົງນັ້ນເປັນ ຣາຫູ, ເປັນ ໂສມະ (ດວງຈັນ), ແລະເປັນ ຊັກຣະ (ອິນທຣະ)».

Word by Word

त्याज्यम्to be abandoned

त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned

चand

असुराणाम्of the Asuras

वधायfor the slaying

कार्यwhat ought to be done (duty)

अकार्येin what ought not to be done (prohibited act)

कारणम्cause

चand

एवindeed/just

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

कृतम्done (past action)

करिष्यत्that which will be done / about to do

क्रियतेis done / is being done

चand

देवःthe god (the divine one)

राहुम्Rahu

सोमम्Soma (the Moon)

विद्धिknow (you should know)

चand

शक्रम्Shakra (Indra)

एनम्this one / him

कुन्तीनन्दनO son of Kunti

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Arjuna (Partha, Kuntinandana)

Asuras

Deva (the Lord, identified with Narayana/Vishnu in context)

Rahu

Soma (Moon)

Shakra (Indra)

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?

Bhishma presents the Lord as the ultimate ground of moral discernment and causality: He is the basis of what should be done and avoided, and the causal power by which even world-protecting violence (the destruction of asuras) occurs. The verse frames ethical action within a theistic-cosmic order, where duty and its consequences are ultimately rooted in the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Arjuna on dharma and the supremacy of the divine (commonly understood here as Narayana). In this verse he emphasizes that the same Lord manifests as major cosmic powers (Rahu, the Moon, Indra) and as the very flow of actions across time, thereby urging Arjuna to recognize divine sovereignty behind events and duties.