Shloka 863

Devanagari script

तेन शक्र न शोचामि नास्ति शोके सहायता । इन्द्र! जो कालके प्रभावको जानता है, वह उससे आक्रान्त होकर भी शोक नहीं करता; क्योंकि विपत्ति दूर करनेमें शोकसे कोई सहायता नहीं मिलती, इसलिये मैं शोक नहीं करता हूँ

Transliteration

tena śakra na śocāmi nāsti śoke sahāyatā |

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Потому, о Шакра (Индра), я не скорблю. В скорби нет помощи. Тот, кто познал силу Времени, не сетует, даже будучи им поражён, ибо печаль не устраняет бедствия.»

Word by Word

• तेन: therefore / by that (reason)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शोचामि: I grieve
• शोचामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: there is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शोके: in grief
• शोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सहायता: help, assistance
• सहायता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहायता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Kāla (Time)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Grief is not an effective instrument for overcoming misfortune; understanding the sovereignty of Kāla (Time) leads to steadiness and non-lamentation even amid suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses Śakra (Indra), explaining why he does not grieve: he recognizes that events are driven by Time’s power, and that lamentation provides no practical aid in removing adversity.