Shloka 10

श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः

Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma

Devanagari script

बाहों चाभ्यन्तरे चैव कर्मणोर्मनसि स्थित: । निर्मलीकुरुते बुद्धा सोअमुत्रानन्त्यमश्लुते

Transliteration

bāhye cābhyantare caiva karmaṇor manasi sthitaḥ | nirmalīkurute buddhyā so 'mutrānantyam aśnute ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: “ຜູ້ໃດປະພຶດທັງວິໄນພາຍນອກ (ເຊັ່ນ ພິທີບູຊາ ແລະ ກິດຈະກຳພິທີ) ແລະວິໄນພາຍໃນ (ເຊັ່ນ ການສຳລວມຕົນ ແລະ ການຄວບຄຸມອິນຊີ) ແລ້ວສ້າງຄວາມໝັ້ນຄົງໃນໃຈ—ຊຳລະໃຈດ້ວຍປັນຍາອັນແຈ້ງ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະໄດ້ຮັບຄຸນຄ່າອັນບໍ່ເສື່ອມ ແລະບໍ່ມີຂອບເຂດໃນປະໂລກ ຄື ຄວາມຫຼຸດພົ້ນ.”

Word by Word

• {'bāhye': 'external, outward (rites and observable duties)', 'abhyantare': 'internal, inward (mental and ethical disciplines)', 'caiva': 'and indeed, and also', 'karmaṇoḥ': 'in/with respect to the two kinds of action (external and internal)', 'manasi': 'in the mind', 'sthitaḥ': 'steadfast, established, abiding', 'nirmalīkurute': 'makes pure, cleanses, clarifies', 'buddhyā': 'by intelligence, by discriminative understanding', 'saḥ': 'he, that person', 'amutra': 'there, in the other world (beyond this life)', 'ānantyam': 'endlessness, the infinite

• imperishable state', 'aśnute': 'attains, enjoys, reaches'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual attainment comes from combining outward righteous duties with inward disciplines, then stabilizing and purifying the mind through buddhi (discriminative intelligence); this leads to imperishable liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma continues advising on the path to the highest good, emphasizing inner purification and mental steadiness alongside prescribed external practices.