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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

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

ဗျာသက ရှင်းလင်းသည်— လူတစ်ဦး၏ သဘောထားအလေ့အထများသည် သူက ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ ရွေးချယ်လေ့ရှိသည့်အရာများကြောင့် ပုံဖော်လာသည်—အကြမ်းဖက်ခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် မအကြမ်းဖက်ခြင်း၊ နူးညံ့ခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် ရက်စက်ခြင်း၊ ဓမ္မ သို့မဟုတ် အဓမ္မ၊ အမှန် သို့မဟုတ် မုသား။ ထိုအမြစ်စိုက်သွားသော သဘောထားများက မောင်းနှင်သဖြင့်၊ သူသည် တူညီသည့် လုပ်ရပ်မျိုးများသို့ ထပ်မံ လှည့်ဝင်တတ်၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် မိမိက ပြုစုပျိုးထောင်ခဲ့သမျှသည် နောက်ဘဝတွင်ပင် သူ့အတွက် နှစ်သက်ဖွယ်နှင့် သဘာဝကျသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်လာသည်။

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.