Shloka 33

Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)

Devanagari script

बीजं भक्तेन सम्पाद्यमिति धर्मविदो विदु: । अन्रैतच्छम्बरस्याहुर्महामायस्य दर्शनम्‌

Transliteration

bījaṃ bhaktena sampādyam iti dharmavido viduḥ | anṛtaicchambarasyāhur mahāmāyasya darśanam |

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଧର୍ମବିଦ୍ମାନେ କହନ୍ତି: ବୀଜଧାନ୍ୟକୁ ଭକ୍ତିଭାବରେ ସଂଗ୍ରହ କରି ସୁରକ୍ଷିତ ରଖିବା ଉଚିତ୍; ନିଜ ଭୋଜନ ପାଇଁ ସଞ୍ଚିତ ଅନ୍ନରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ବୀଜକୁ ବଞ୍ଚାଇ ରଖିବା ଉଚିତ୍। ଏହି ବିଷୟରେ ମହାମାୟାବୀ ଶମ୍ବରଙ୍କ ମତ ମଧ୍ୟ ଏହିପରି ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• बीजम्: seed
• बीजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भक्तेन: by a devotee / by one who eats (i.e., the consumer)
• भक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्पाद्यम्: should be procured/secured
• सम्पाद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद्
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive), Passive sense, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• धर्मविदः: knowers of dharma
• धर्मविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विदुः: know / declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अनृतम्: untruth / falsehood
• अनृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शम्बरस्य: of Śambara
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्बर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आहुः: they say
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महामायस्य: of the great magician / of great illusion
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामाय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दर्शनम्: view/teaching; seeing
• दर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śambara (Śambarāsura)
• bīja (seed-grain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when food is scarce, one should protect seed-grain with conscientious care, because preserving the means of future production is a dharmic form of foresight and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, instructing on dharma in the Śānti Parva, cites the consensus of dharma-knowers and adds that even the famed māyā-wielder Śambara is reported to have held the same view—underscoring the practical wisdom of safeguarding seed for the future.