Shloka 10
Adhyāya 115: On Restraint Under Verbal Provocation in the Assembly (सभायां आक्रोश-सहिष्णुता)
Devanagari script
निषेकं विपरीतं स आचडटष्टे वृत्तचेष्टया । मयूर इव कौपीन नृत्यं संदर्शयन्निव
Transliteration
niṣekaṁ viparītaṁ sa ācaṣṭe vṛttaceṣṭayā | mayūra iva kaupīnaṁ nṛtyaṁ saṁdarśayann iva ||
Translation
निषेकं विपरीतं स आचष्टे वृत्तचेष्टया । मयूर इव कौपीनं नृत्यं संदर्शयन्निव ॥
Word by Word
निषेकम्exposure; uncovering (lit. pouring out)
निषेकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिषेक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विपरीतम्improper; contrary
विपरीतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविपरीत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आचष्टेshows; makes manifest
आचष्टे:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + चक्ष्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
वृत्तचेष्टयाby (his) conduct/behavioral activity
वृत्तचेष्टया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्तचेष्टा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
मयूरःa peacock
मयूरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमयूर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike; as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
कौपीनम्loincloth
कौपीनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकौपीन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नृत्यम्dance
नृत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनृत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
संदर्शयन्showing; displaying
संदर्शयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + दृश्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaP
peacock (mayūra)L
loincloth (kaupīna)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Improper, perverse behavior does not remain hidden; it becomes the very means by which a person’s concealed defects are exposed to others.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, he uses a vivid simile: as a peacock’s showy dance can inadvertently expose what should be covered, so a foolish person’s misguided actions publicly reveal his inner flaws.