Shanti Parva Adhyaya 139 Shloka 15 - Mahabharata | Burmese | Vedapath

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Shloka 15

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

संधातव्यं बुधैर्नित्यं व्यवस्य च हितार्थिभि: । अमिन्रैरपि संधेयं प्राणा रक्ष्या हि भारत

Transliteration

sandhātavyaṁ budhair nityaṁ vyavasya ca hitārthibhiḥ | amitrair api sandheyaṁ prāṇā rakṣyā hi bhārata ||

Translation

ဘိဿမက ဆိုသည်— အကျိုးစီးပွားအမှန်ကို ခိုင်မာစွာ ဆုံးဖြတ်ထားသော ပညာရှိတို့သည် မဟာမိတ်ဖွဲ့ခြင်းနှင့် ပြန်လည်ညှိနှိုင်းသင့်မြတ်ခြင်းကို အမြဲတမ်း ရှာဖွေရမည်။ လိုအပ်လာသော် ရန်သူနှင့်ပင် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး ချုပ်ဆိုရမည်—အို ဘာရတ—အကြောင်းမူကား အသက်ကို ကာကွယ်ထိန်းသိမ်းခြင်းသည် အမြဲတမ်း လိုက်နာရမည့် တာဝန်ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

संधातव्यम्should be made (a treaty/peace should be concluded)

बुधैःby the wise

नित्यम्always

व्यवस्यhaving resolved / decide (you should decide)

चand

हितार्थिभिःby those who seek welfare (benefit-seekers)

अमित्रैःwith enemies

अपिeven/also

संधेयम्should be made (peace should be concluded)

प्राणाःlives/breaths

रक्ष्याःare to be protected

हिindeed/for

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma teaches pragmatic dharma in governance: one should consistently pursue alliances and reconciliation for the sake of welfare, and even conclude peace with enemies when required, because protecting life is a paramount obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on kingship and conduct, Bhishma counsels Yudhisthira on policy: a ruler (or wise person) should not cling to hostility; strategic peace and the preservation of life can be ethically justified when it serves true welfare.