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Shloka 112

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

तस्मात्‌ सर्वाणि कार्याणि सावशेषाणि कारयेत्‌ । काम पूरा हो जानेपर कोई भी उसके करनेवालेको नहीं देखता--उसके हितपर नहीं ध्यान देता; अतः सभी कार्योंको अधूरे ही रखना चाहिये || १११ ह ।। तस्मिन्‌ कालेडपि च भवान्‌ दिवाकीर्तिभयार्दित:

tasmāt sarvāṇi kāryāṇi sāvaśeṣāṇi kārayet | tasmin kāle 'pi ca bhavān divākīrti-bhayārditaḥ ||

അതുകൊണ്ട് എല്ലാ കാര്യങ്ങളും കുറെ അവശേഷിപ്പിച്ചുകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ നടത്തിക്കൊള്ളണം. കാരണം ആഗ്രഹം പൂർണ്ണമായാൽ ആളുകൾ കർത്താവിനെ നോക്കുകയില്ല; അവന്റെ ഹിതവും ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുകയില്ല. ആ സമയത്തും നിങ്ങൾ ലോകകീർത്തിയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ഭയത്താൽ പീഡിതനായിരുന്നു.

तस्मात्therefore/from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, ablative, singular
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formneuter, accusative, plural
कार्याणिtasks/acts
कार्याणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य
Formneuter, accusative, plural
स-अवशेषाणिwith remainder; unfinished
स-अवशेषाणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअवशेष
Formneuter, accusative, plural
कारयेत्should cause to be done/should have done
कारयेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (कारयति—णिच्)
Formoptative (vidhi-lin), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada, true
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, locative, singular
कालेtime
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formmasculine, locative, singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भवान्you (honorific)
भवान्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootभवत्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
दिवा-कीर्ति-भय-आर्दितःafflicted by fear of (losing) daytime fame/reputation
दिवा-कीर्ति-भय-आर्दितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootआर्दित (from आर्द्/अर्द्)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma highlights a pragmatic ethical insight: once people get what they want, they often stop valuing the benefactor. Therefore, in social and political life, leaving some ‘remainder’—some ongoing dependence or future engagement—can preserve regard and continued attention to one’s welfare.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on conduct and governance. Here he offers counsel about how actions are perceived after desires are fulfilled, and he directly addresses the listener (‘bhavān’), noting that even he was once troubled by anxiety about public fame.