Shloka 18
दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint
Dama
संजातैर्जायते गात्रै: कर्मजैर्वर्ष्मणा वृत: । दुःखाद्यन्तैर्दु:खमध्यैर्नर: शारीरमानसै:
sañjātair jāyate gātraiḥ karmajair varṣmaṇā vṛtaḥ | duḥkhādyantair duḥkhamadhyair naraḥ śārīramānasaiḥ ||
मनुष्य जन्मकाळी कर्मजन्य अवयवांनी युक्त होऊन, पूर्ण देह धारण करून जन्म घेतो. आणि आरंभ, मध्य व अंत—संपूर्ण आयुष्यात—तो शारीरिक व मानसिक दुःखांनी पीडित राहतो.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Embodied birth is shaped by karma, and embodied life is pervaded by physical and mental suffering from start to finish; this supports a reflective, renunciatory outlook and a search for liberation beyond mere bodily identification.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he describes the human condition: a person takes birth with a karma-formed body and inevitably experiences ongoing bodily and mental distress throughout life.