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अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था

Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire

भीष्म उवाच सर्वसाम्यमनायासं सत्यवाक्यं च भारत । निर्वेदश्चाविधित्सा च यस्य स्यात्‌ स सुखी नर:,भीष्मजीने कहा--भारत! सबमें समताका भाव, व्यर्थ परिश्रमका अभाव, सत्यभाषण, संसारसे वैराग्य और कर्मासक्तिका अभाव--ये पाँचों जिस मनुष्यमें होते हैं, वह सुखी होता है

bhīṣma uvāca sarva-sāmyam anāyāsaṃ satya-vākyaṃ ca bhārata | nirvedaś cāvidhitsā ca yasya syāt sa sukhī naraḥ ||

Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai Bharata, benar-benar bahagialah orang yang memiliki hal-hal ini: kesamarataan hati terhadap semua, bebas daripada jerih payah yang sia-sia, kebenaran dalam tutur kata, sikap tidak terpaut pada kehidupan duniawi, dan ketiadaan keterikatan pada perbuatan yang digerakkan oleh nafsu.”

भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सर्वसाम्यम्equanimity towards all
सर्वसाम्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वसाम्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अनायासम्effortlessness / absence of strain
अनायासम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअनायास
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सत्यवाक्यम्truthful speech
सत्यवाक्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्यवाक्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
निर्वेदःdispassion / weariness (towards worldly life)
निर्वेदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्वेद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अविधित्साnon-desire to act / absence of urge for action
अविधित्सा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअविधित्सा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यस्यof whom / whose
यस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
स्यात्may be / would be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुखीhappy
सुखी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुखिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नरःman
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

Happiness is grounded in inner discipline: impartiality toward all beings, avoiding pointless strain, speaking truth, becoming disenchanted with worldly compulsions, and not being driven by craving-based attachment to action.

In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the means to peace after the war; here he defines the qualities by which a person becomes genuinely happy.