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Shloka 14

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

कर्मान्तविरते लोके अस्तं गच्छति भास्करे । गम्यतां स्वमधिष्ठानं सुतस्नेहं विसृज्य वै,'सूर्य अस्ताचलको जा रहे हैं, जगत्‌के सब लोग दैनिक कार्य समाप्त करके अब उससे विरत हो रहे हैं। तुमलोग भी अब अपने पुत्रका स्नेह छोड़कर घर लौट जाओ”

karmāntavirate loke astaṃ gacchati bhāskare | gamyatāṃ svam adhiṣṭhānaṃ sutasnehaṃ visṛjya vai ||

சூரியன் அஸ்தமிக்கிறான்; உலகம் நாள்தோறும் செய்யும் பணிகளை முடித்து ஓய்ந்துள்ளது. நீங்களும் இப்போது மகன் மீதான பாசத்தை விட்டு உங்கள் இல்லத்திற்குத் திரும்புங்கள்.

कर्मान्तविरतेwhen (people are) ceased from daily tasks
कर्मान्तविरते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मान्तविरत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अस्तंto setting (down)
अस्तं:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअस्तम्
गच्छतिgoes
गच्छति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भास्करेwhen the sun (is)
भास्करे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभास्कर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
गम्यताम्let (one) go / one should go
गम्यताम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormImperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, impersonal/passive-style injunction: 'let it be gone/one should go'
स्वम्one's own
स्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अधिष्ठानम्abode, home, seat
अधिष्ठानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअधिष्ठान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सुतस्नेहम्affection for (one's) son
सुतस्नेहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुतस्नेह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विसृज्यhaving abandoned, giving up
विसृज्य:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootवि+सृज्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Bhāskara (the Sun)
L
loka (the people/world)
A
adhiṣṭhāna (home/abode)

Educational Q&A

The verse urges restraint and detachment: when the day’s duties end—symbolized by the setting sun—one should withdraw appropriately and not be driven by personal attachment (here, affection for a son).

Bhīṣma, speaking in Śānti Parva, signals that evening has come and the day’s activities have concluded; he instructs the listeners to return home and to set aside emotionally charged attachment connected with their son.