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Shloka 17

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्ूरे धर्माधमावृतानृते । तद्धाविता: प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात्‌ तत्‌ तस्य रोचते,एक जन्ममें मनुष्य हिंसा-अहिंसा, कोमलता-कठोरता, धर्म-अधर्म और सच-झूठ आदि जिन गुणों या दोषोंको अपनाता है, दूसरे जन्ममें भी उनके संस्कारोंसे प्रभावित होकर उन्हीं गुणोंको वह पसंद करता और वैसे ही कार्योमें लग जाता है

hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte | taddhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāt tat tasya rocate ||

ഹിംസ-അഹിംസ, മൃദുത്വം-ക്രൂരത, ധർമ്മം-അധർമ്മം, സത്യം-അസത്യം—ഇത്തരം പ്രവണതകളാൽ പ്രേരിതരായി ജീവികൾ അതേ വഴികളിലേക്കു ചേരുന്നു; അതുകൊണ്ട് ഒരാൾ വളർത്തിയ സംസ്കാരമേ അവനു രുചികരമായി തോന്നുന്നു.

हिंस्राin violence / in the violent (state)
हिंस्रा:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootहिंस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, locative, singular
अहिंस्रेin non-violence / in the non-violent (state)
अहिंस्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअहिंस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, locative, singular
मृदुin gentleness / in the soft (mode)
मृदु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootमृदु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, locative, singular
क्रूरेin cruelty / in the harsh (mode)
क्रूरे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, locative, singular
धर्मin righteousness
धर्म:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, locative, singular
अधर्मin unrighteousness
अधर्म:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, locative, singular
आवृतेin what is covered/veiled
आवृते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे) + क्त (आवृत)
Formneuter, locative, singular
अनृतेin falsehood
अनृते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, locative, singular
तत्that (state/thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, accusative, singular
भाविताःimbued/conditioned (by that)
भाविताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Root√भू (भू सत्तायाम्) + णिच् (भावय) + क्त (भावित)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
प्रपद्यन्तेthey resort to / they enter upon
प्रपद्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√पद् (पद् गतौ) आत्मनेपद
Formpresent, third, plural, ātmanepada
तस्मात्therefore / from that
तस्मात्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that (very thing/state)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तस्यof him / for him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
रोचतेpleases / is liked
रोचते:
TypeVerb
Root√रुच् (रुचँ दीप्तौ/रुचँ प्रीतौ) आत्मनेपद
Formpresent, third, singular, ātmanepada

व्यास उवाच

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Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

Repeated choices create deep impressions (saṃskāras) that shape one’s likes, character, and conduct; thus a person naturally gravitates toward the same moral patterns—violence or non-violence, truth or falsehood—even across births.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Vyāsa states a general principle of ethical causality: cultivated dispositions drive future behavior, explaining why people persist in certain virtues or vices.