Shloka 40

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

शोकं त्यजत दैन्यं च सुतस्नेहान्निवर्तत । त्यज्यतामयमाकाशे तत:ः शीघ्र निवर्तत,शोक और दीनताको छोड़ो तथा पुत्रस्नेहोहे मनको हटा लो। इस बालकको इसी सूने स्थानमें छोड़ दो और शीघ्र लौट जाओ

Transliteration

śokaṃ tyajata dainyaṃ ca sutasnehān nivartata | tyajyatām ayam ākāśe tataḥ śīghraṃ nivartata ||

Translation

शोकं त्यजत दैन्यं च सुतस्नेहान्निवर्तत । त्यज्यतामयमाकाशे ततः शीघ्रं निवर्तत ॥

Word by Word

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्यजत: abandon (you all)
• त्यजत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural

• दैन्यम्: dejection, wretchedness
• दैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• सुत-स्नेहात्: from affection for (one's) son
• सुत-स्नेहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतस्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• निवर्तत: turn back, desist (you all)
• निवर्तत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural

• त्यज्यताम्: let (him/it) be abandoned
• त्यज्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Imperative, Passive, Third, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आकाशे: in the open space / in the sky
• आकाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ततः: from there, then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• निवर्तत: return (you all)
• निवर्तत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a child (bālaka)
• son (suta) as the object of attachment
• a lonely/open place (ākāśa / deserted spot)