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Shloka 11

दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint

Dama

शुक्रतो रसतश्रैव देहाज्जायन्ति जन्तव: । स्वभावात्‌ कर्मयोगाद्‌ वा तानुपेक्षेत बुद्धिमान्‌,इस शरीरसे वीर्यद्वारा अथवा पसीनोंद्वारा स्वभावसे अथवा प्रारब्धके अनुसार जन्तुओंका जन्म होता रहता है। बुद्धिमान्‌ पुरुषोंको उनकी उपेक्षा करनी चाहिये

śukrato rasataś caiva dehāj jāyanti jantavaḥ | svabhāvāt karmayogād vā tān upekṣeta buddhimān ||

ഈ ശരീരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ശുക്രത്തിലൂടെയും രസം/വിയർപ്പ് മുതലായ ദേഹദ്രവങ്ങളിലൂടെയും ജീവികൾ ജനിക്കുന്നു. സ്വഭാവത്താലോ കർമയോഗത്താലോ (പ്രാരബ്ധാനുസാരം) അവയുടെ ജനനം നടക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ ബുദ്ധിമാൻ അവയെക്കുറിച്ച് അനാസക്തനായി ഉപേക്ഷാഭാവം പാലിക്കണം.

शुक्रतःfrom semen
शुक्रतः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
रसतःfrom fluid/juice (sweat)
रसतः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootरस
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
देहात्from the body
देहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
जायन्तेare born/arise
जायन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (जायते)
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
जन्तवःcreatures/organisms
जन्तवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्वभावात्from (their) nature
स्वभावात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वभाव
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
कर्मयोगात्from the connection/result of karma
कर्मयोगात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मयोग
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
तान्them
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उपेक्षेतshould disregard/overlook
उपेक्षेत:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-ईक्ष्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
बुद्धिमान्the wise (one)
बुद्धिमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबुद्धिमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches dispassion: since beings arise through natural processes and the working out of karma, the wise should not become mentally entangled—maintaining equanimity and non-attachment (upekṣā) toward such occurrences.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he frames the arising of living beings as a natural/karma-driven process and advises the listener to respond with detached discernment rather than fixation or anxiety.