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Shloka 14

चन्दने मलपड़्के च भोजने5भोजने समा: । सम॑ येषां दुकूलं च तथा क्षौमाजिनानि च,वे चन्दन और मलकी कीचड़में, भोजन और उपवासमें समान दृष्टि रखते हैं। उनके लिये साधारण वस्त्र, रेशमी वस्त्र और मृगछाला समान हैं

candane malapaṅke ca bhojane ’bhojane samāḥ | samaṁ yeṣāṁ dukūlaṁ ca tathā kṣaumājināni ca ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ผู้ใดมีใจเสมอในจันทน์ทาและโคลนตมแห่งมลทิน ในการกินและการอดอาหาร; ผู้ใดเห็นผ้าหยาบกับผ้าไหมเนื้อละเอียด ตลอดจนผ้าลินินกับหนังเนื้อทราย ว่าเสมอกันทั้งหมด—ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นผู้ตั้งมั่นภายใน”

चन्दनेin sandalwood (paste)
चन्दने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootचन्दन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
मलपङ्केin filth-and-mud
मलपङ्के:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमलपङ्क
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भोजनेin eating/food
भोजने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अभोजनेin not-eating/fasting
अभोजने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअभोजन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
समाःequal (in outlook)
समाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
समम्equally
समम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमम्
येषाम्of whom/for whom
येषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
दुकूलम्silken cloth
दुकूलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुकूल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तथाlikewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
क्षौमाजिनानिlinen and deerskins
क्षौमाजिनानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षौमाजिन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
S
sandalwood (candana)
F
filth/mud (mala-paṅka)
F
food/eating (bhojana)
F
fasting (abhojana)
S
silk/fine cloth (dukūla)
L
linen (kṣauma)
D
deerskin (ajina)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches equanimity (samatva): a disciplined person is not swayed by comfort or discomfort, honor or contempt, luxury or austerity. Such steadiness reflects inner freedom from attachment and aversion.

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and virtuous conduct. Here he describes the qualities of a spiritually mature person by listing pairs of opposites—pleasant and unpleasant, indulgence and restraint, fine and coarse clothing—and stating that the wise regard them as the same.