Shloka 18
दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint
Dama
संजातैर्जायते गात्रै: कर्मजैर्वर्ष्मणा वृत: । दुःखाद्यन्तैर्दु:खमध्यैर्नर: शारीरमानसै:
sañjātair jāyate gātraiḥ karmajair varṣmaṇā vṛtaḥ | duḥkhādyantair duḥkhamadhyair naraḥ śārīramānasaiḥ ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ມະນຸດເກີດມາພ້ອມອະວະຍະວະທີ່ກໍ່ຮູບຂຶ້ນດ້ວຍພະລັງຂອງກຳເກົ່າ ແລະຖືກຫໍ່ຫຸ້ມດ້ວຍຮ່າງກາຍອັນຄົບຖ້ວນ. ຕັ້ງແຕ່ຕົ້ນ ກາງ ຫາທ້າຍ ຂອງຊີວິດ ລາວຍັງຖືກທຸກຂ໌ທັງທາງກາຍ ແລະ ທາງໃຈ ບີບຄັ້ນຢູ່ ຕາມທີ່ຍັງດຳລົງຢູ່ໃນພາວະມີຮ່າງກາຍ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Embodied birth is shaped by karma, and embodied life is pervaded by physical and mental suffering from start to finish; this supports a reflective, renunciatory outlook and a search for liberation beyond mere bodily identification.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he describes the human condition: a person takes birth with a karma-formed body and inevitably experiences ongoing bodily and mental distress throughout life.