Shloka 11

Ākiṃcanya–Tyāga Upadeśa

The Instruction on Non-ownership and Renunciation

Devanagari script

ततो<पश्यत्‌ सुरम्येषु सुवर्णसिकताचिते

Transliteration

tato ’paśyat suramyeṣu suvarṇa-sikatā-citeṣu nara-īśvara

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ມາ ໃນດິນແດນອັນຊື່ນຊົມຢ່າງຫາທຽບບໍ່ໄດ້ ທີ່ປົກຄຸມດ້ວຍຊາຍຄໍາ ຤ິສີ ໂກຕະມະ ໄດ້ເຫັນຕົ້ນໄຊ (ນຍະໂກຣດ) ອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງ ແລະສະຫງ່າງາມ. ມັນແຜ່ກິ່ງກ້ານເປັນວົງກົມຮອບດ້ານ ພື້ນດິນຮາບພຽງ ສະບາຍຕາ ເຫມືອນຜືນດິນແຫ່ງສະຫວັນ; ແລະເນື່ອງດ້ວຍກິ່ງງາມຫຼາຍປະການ ມັນດູປານດັ່ງພະລາຊະສະຫວ່າງໃຫຍ່. ຮາກຂອງມັນຖືກຫຼໍ້ລ້ຽງດ້ວຍນ້ໍາປົນກິ່ນຈັນທະນາ ເພີ່ມພູນຄວາມສະງົບສັກສິດ ແລະມົງຄຸນທີ່ປົກຄຸມສະຖານທີ່ນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• सुरम्येषु: in very beautiful (places/regions)
• सुरम्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरम्य
• Form: neuter, locative, plural

• सुवर्णसिकताचिते: in (a place) strewn/filled with golden sand
• सुवर्णसिकताचिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवर्णसिकताचित
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Gautama
• banyan tree (vaṭa/nyagrodha)
• golden sand
• sandalwood-mixed water
• heavenly-like region

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage frames a sacred, orderly landscape—golden sand, a canopy-like banyan, sandalwood-scented water—as an external sign of inner dharmic harmony. Such imagery commonly signals a setting fit for tapas, instruction, or a morally significant encounter, emphasizing purity, auspiciousness, and calm as supports for ethical discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that Gautama, moving through delightful regions, comes upon an extraordinary banyan tree spreading like a royal parasol. The place is described as level, pleasant, and heaven-like, with the tree’s roots watered by sandalwood-mixed water—preparing the scene for whatever meeting or teaching follows.