Shloka 10
अबुद्धिपूर्वकपापविमोचनप्रश्नः — Janamejaya’s Unintended Transgression and the Indrota Rebuke
Devanagari script
यस्तु धर्म यथाशक्ति गृहस्थो हानुवर्तते
Transliteration
yastu dharmaṃ yathāśakti gṛhastho hānuvartate
Translation
भीष्म उवाच—यस्तु धर्मं यथाशक्ति गृहस्थोऽनुवर्तते, न च तं परिहाय वर्तते, स स्थिरया शक्यया च धर्मचर्यया आश्रमधर्मं धारयति, न केवलं कल्पितैः आदर्शैः।
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
धर्मम्dharma, righteous duty
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यथा-शक्तिaccording to (one's) ability
यथा-शक्ति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
गृहस्थःa householder
गृहस्थः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनुवर्ततेfollows, practices
अनुवर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु√वृत् (धातु)
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaG
gṛhastha (householder)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
Dharma should be practiced in a sustainable way: a householder is praised for following righteousness according to his or her real capacity, without abandoning it under pressure or convenience.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct, here emphasizing the householder’s steady adherence to duty as far as possible.