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Shloka 30

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

अथ यद्‌ दुःखसंयुक्तमप्रीतिकरमात्मन: । प्रवृत्त रज इत्येव तदसंरभ्य चिन्तयेत्‌

atha yad duḥkhasaṁyuktam aprītikaram ātmanaḥ | pravṛttaṁ raja ity eva tad asaṁrabhya cintayet ||

మరియు దుఃఖంతో కూడి, ఆత్మకు అసంతృప్తిని కలిగించే భావం ఉద్భవిస్తే, దానిని రజోగుణ ప్రవృత్తియేనని తెలుసుకోవాలి; కలత చెందకుండా, దానిని పట్టుకొని ఉండకుండా, అలాగే విచారించాలి।

अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
यत्that which
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
दुःख-संयुक्तम्connected with sorrow
दुःख-संयुक्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःखसंयुक्त
Formneuter, nominative, singular
अ-प्रीति-करम्causing displeasure
अ-प्रीति-करम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्रीतिकर
Formneuter, nominative, singular
आत्मनःof oneself/of the self
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
प्रवृत्तम्arisen/active
प्रवृत्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रवृत्त
Formneuter, nominative, singular
रजःrajas (passion/impulse)
रजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
इतिthus (as)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तत्that (thing/state)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
अ-संरभ्यwithout becoming agitated/without grasping at
अ-संरभ्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसं-रभ्
Formabsolutive (gerund), parasmaipada (usage), अ-
चिन्तयेत्should reflect/consider
चिन्तयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त्
Formvidhi-linga (optative), present (modal), third, singular, parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

If an inner movement leads to suffering and dissatisfaction, identify it as rajas (restless passion) and examine it calmly without reacting; this recognition weakens its hold and supports self-mastery.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on ethical and spiritual discipline. Here he gives a practical criterion for inner discernment: painful, joyless impulses are to be seen as rājasic and handled through calm reflection rather than impulsive engagement.