Shloka 15

Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech

Devanagari script

स्वजने न च ते चिन्ता कर्तव्या मोक्षबुद्धिना । इमे मया विनाभूता भविष्यन्ति कथं त्विति

Transliteration

svajane na ca te cintā kartavyā mokṣa-buddhinā | ime mayā vinābhūtā bhaviṣyanti kathaṃ tv iti ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: Если твой разум устремлён к мокше (освобождению), тебе не следует предаваться тревожной заботе о своих близких, думая: «Как они будут жить без меня?» Такая забота, рожденная привязанностью, не подобает тому, чья цель — мокша.

Word by Word

• स्वजने: among/with regard to (one's) own people
• स्वजने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वजन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

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

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• चिन्ता: worry, anxiety
• चिन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्तव्या: to be done; should be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Gerundive (तव्यत्)

• मोक्षबुद्धिना: with a mind intent on liberation
• मोक्षबुद्धिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षबुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• इमे: these (people)
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• विना: without
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना

• अभूताः: being without; deprived of
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past active participle (क्त)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be; will remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• त्व: of you
• त्व: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• svajana (kinsmen/one’s own people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A mind aimed at mokṣa should not be driven by attachment-based anxiety about relatives; one should cultivate detachment and trust that others will continue without one’s constant control or presence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and liberation in the Śānti Parva, counsels the listener to abandon worry about how one’s family will manage without oneself, because such concern contradicts a liberation-oriented resolve.