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Shloka 14

Dvaipāyana–Kīṭa Saṃvāda: Karmic Memory, Fear of Death, and Embodied Pleasure

संस्कृतासंस्कृता: पक्‍वा लवणालवणास्तथा | प्रजायन्ते यथा भावास्तथा चित्त निरुध्यते

saṁskṛtāsaṁskṛtāḥ pakvā lavaṇālavaṇās tathā | prajāyante yathā bhāvās tathā cittaṁ nirudhyate ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മാംസം പലവിധം ആകുന്നു: മസാല മുതലായവ ചേർത്ത് സംസ്കൃതമായത്, സംസ്കാരമില്ലാത്തത്, വേവിച്ചത്, ഉപ്പ് മാത്രം ചേർത്തത്, ഉപ്പില്ലാത്തത്. ഇങ്ങനെ ഏത് ഏത് ഭേദങ്ങൾ ജനിക്കുമോ, ആ ആ രുചിഭേദങ്ങളാൽ മാംസഭോജിയുടെ ചിത്തം അവിടെയേയ്ക്ക് ബന്ധിതമാകുന്നു।

संस्कृताःprepared/seasoned
संस्कृताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंस्कृत (कृ-धातु से निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
असंस्कृताःunprepared/unseasoned
असंस्कृताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअसंस्कृत (संस्कृत का नकारार्थक रूप; कृदन्ताधारित)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पक्वाःcooked/ripe
पक्वाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपक्व (पच्-धातु से निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
लवणsalted / salt
लवण:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootलवण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अलवणाःunsalted
अलवणाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअलवण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाand/also; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
प्रजायन्तेare produced/arise
प्रजायन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√जन्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
भावाःstates/conditions
भावाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाso/thus
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
चित्तम्mind
चित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
निरुध्यतेis restrained/gets fixed (upon)
निरुध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√रुध्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग)

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
M
meat (māṁsa) as the discussed object

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma highlights how sensory variety (different tastes and preparations) strengthens attachment: the mind becomes ‘held’ by what it repeatedly seeks for pleasure. The ethical point is that indulgence in taste can obstruct restraint and inner discipline.

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhīṣma is teaching about conduct and restraint. Here he uses the example of meat prepared in multiple ways to illustrate how craving follows taste-variations and binds the mind.