Shloka 2

Ānṛśaṃsya, Amātya-Guṇa, and Reconciliatory Counsel (आनृशंस्य–अमात्यगुण–संधि-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

पुरस्तादेव भगवन्‌ मयैतदपवर्जितम्‌ । येन मां नाभिशड्केत येन कृत्स्नं हितं॑ भवेत्‌

Transliteration

purastād eva bhagavan mayaitad apavarjitam | yena māṁ nābhiśaṅketa yena kṛtsnaṁ hitaṁ bhavet ||

Translation

“ఓ భగవన్! నేను ఇవన్నీ ముందే విసర్జించాను—ఎవరూ నన్ను అనుమానించకుండా ఉండటానికి, సమస్తుల సంపూర్ణ హితం కలగటానికి.”

Word by Word

• पुरस्तात्: formerly, beforehand
• पुरस्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस्
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपवर्जितम्: abandoned, renounced
• Type: Verb
• Root: अपवर्जित
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya (negation)

• अभिशङ्केत: may suspect
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-शङ्क्
• Form: Optative (vidhilin), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular, Present system

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कृत्स्नम्: entire, complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हितम्: welfare, good
• हितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may be, may become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (vidhilin), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical authority depends on self-restraint: one should renounce conduct that invites suspicion, so that one’s life becomes a source of complete welfare for others.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma is instructing on dharma and right conduct; here he states that he has already given up certain blameworthy tendencies so that no distrust arises and the common good is fully served.