Shloka 10

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

Devanagari script

यथा यथा हि पुरुषो नित्यं शास्त्रमवेक्षते । तथा तथा विजानाति विज्ञानमथ रोचते,पुरुष प्रतिदिन जैसे-जैसे शास्त्रका स्वाध्याय करता है वैसे-वैसे उसका ज्ञान बढ़ता जाता है फिर तो विशेष ज्ञान प्राप्त करनेमें ही उसकी रुचि हो जाती है

Transliteration

yathā yathā hi puruṣo nityaṁ śāstram avekṣate | tathā tathā vijānāti vijñānam atha rocate ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: «Assim como uma pessoa, dia após dia, continua a examinar e estudar os śāstras, assim também a sua compreensão cresce continuamente; e então a mente passa a deleitar-se, em especial, no conhecimento mais elevado e discriminativo.»

Word by Word

यथाas, in whatever manner

यथाso, correspondingly (repeated for emphasis)

हिindeed, for

पुरुषःa man, person

नित्यम्always, constantly

शास्त्रम्treatise, scripture

अवेक्षतेlooks at, studies, examines

तथाso, in that way

तथाso, correspondingly (repeated for emphasis)

विजानातिunderstands, knows distinctly

विज्ञानम्knowledge, understanding

अथthen, thereafter

रोचतेtakes delight, is pleased, becomes inclined

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

puruṣa (the person/seeker)

śāstra (scriptural teaching)

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?

Regular, sustained study and reflection on authoritative teachings gradually deepens understanding; with maturity, one naturally develops a taste for subtler, more discriminative knowledge (vijñāna) rather than mere surface learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing the listener on the cultivation of wisdom and dharma after the war; here he emphasizes disciplined, continual engagement with śāstra as the practical means by which knowledge grows and higher insight becomes desirable.