Shloka 27

Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)

Devanagari script

अनियतफलभक्ष्यभोज्यपेयं विधिपरिणामविभक्तदेशकालम्‌ | हृदयसुखमसेवितं कदर्य- ब्रीतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्नचरामि

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | aniyata-phalabhakṣya-bhojya-peyaṁ vidhi-pariṇāma-vibhakta-deśa-kālam | hṛdaya-sukham asevitaṁ kadarya-vrītam idaṁ ājagaraṁ śuciśn carāmi |

Translation

ଏହି ଆଜଗର-ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ ବ୍ରତ ମୋ ହୃଦୟକୁ ସୁଖ ଦେଇଥାଏ। ଏଥିରେ ଫଳ, ଭକ୍ଷ୍ୟ, ଭୋଜ୍ୟ, ପେୟ ଆଦି ମିଳିବାର କୌଣସି ନିୟତ ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା ନାହିଁ—ଅନିୟତ ଭାବେ ଯାହା ମିଳେ, ସେଥିରେ ନିର୍ବାହ। ପ୍ରାରବ୍ଧର ପରିଣାମ ଅନୁସାରେ ଦେଶ ଓ କାଳର ବିଭାଗ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧାରିତ। ବିଷୟଲୋଲୁପ କଦର୍ୟ ଲୋକ ଏହାକୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ; ମୁଁ ପବିତ୍ରଭାବରେ ଏହି ବ୍ରତ ଆଚରଣ କରେ।

Word by Word

• अनियत: not fixed, uncertain
• अनियत: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनियत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• फल: fruit
• फल: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भक्ष्य: food to be eaten (edible)
• भक्ष्य: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भोज्य: food to be consumed (meal)
• भोज्य: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पेयं: drinkable (beverage)
• पेयं: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पेयं
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विधि: rule, ordinance; prescribed manner
• विधि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• परिणाम: result, outcome
• परिणाम: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिणाम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विभक्त: divided, apportioned
• विभक्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• देश: place, region
• देश: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हृदय: in the heart
• हृदय: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सुखम्: happiness, pleasure
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• असेवितम्: not practiced/used
• असेवितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असेवित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कदर्य: by miserly/mean (persons)
• कदर्य: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कदर्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• व्रीतम्: chosen, adopted
• व्रीतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रीत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आजगरम्: python (ajagara); the 'python-like' vow/way
• आजगरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजगर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शुचि: with purity; pure
• शुचि: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चरामि: I practice / I follow
• चरामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Ājagara-vrata (python-like vow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate contentment and non-greed by accepting whatever comes without scheming for specific pleasures; live with purity and restraint, recognizing that circumstances of place and time unfold according to the maturation of destiny (karma).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma explains and praises the ājagara-vrata—an ascetic discipline likened to a python that remains still and lives on what arrives—stating that it is not followed by sense-driven people, while he himself observes it with inner purity.