Shloka 17

त्रिवर्गविचारः

Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma

Devanagari script

गुरुपूजा च कौरव्य दया भूतेष्वपैशुनम्‌ । जनवादं मृषावादं स्तुतिनिन्दाविसर्जनम्‌

Transliteration

gurupūjā ca kauravya dayā bhūteṣv apaiśunam | janavādaṃ mṛṣāvādaṃ stutinindāvisarjanam ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ— ହେ କୌରବ୍ୟ! ଯିଏ ମନ ଓ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟକୁ ଦମନ କରିଛି, ତାହାରେ ଗୁରୁପୂଜାଭାବ, ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀ ପ୍ରତି ଦୟା ଓ ଅପୈଶୁନ୍ୟ (ଚୁଗୁଲି ନ କରିବା) ଥାଏ। ସେ ଜନବାଦ/ଅପବାଦ, ମିଥ୍ୟାବାଦ ଏବଂ ସ୍ତୁତି-ନିନ୍ଦାର ଅଭ୍ୟାସକୁ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରେ।

Word by Word

• गुरुपूजा: reverence/service to the teacher
• गुरुपूजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुपूजा (गुरु + पूजा)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कौरव्य: O descendant of Kuru
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दया: compassion
• दया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भूतेषु: in/among beings
• भूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अपैशुनम्: non-slander; absence of backbiting
• अपैशुनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपैशुन (a + पैशुन)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जनवादम्: public talk; gossip; popular reproach
• जनवादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनवाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मृषावादम्: false speech; lying
• मृषावादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृषावाद (मृषा + वाद)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्तुतिनिन्दाविसर्जनम्: abandoning praise and blame
• स्तुतिनिन्दाविसर्जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुतिनिन्दाविसर्जन (स्तुति + निन्दा + विसर्जन)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन (कुरु + नन्दन)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kauravya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Guru (teachers/elders)
• Kuru lineage

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Mastery over mind and senses expresses itself as ethical speech and conduct: reverence for teachers, compassion for all beings, and avoidance of slander, rumor, lying, and the destabilizing habit of praising or blaming others—along with other inner vices.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he lists the virtues that arise from self-restraint and the faults that such a disciplined person abandons.