Shloka 143

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ सर्वास्ववस्थासु नरो लोभ विवर्जयेत्‌ । एष धर्म: परो राजंस्तस्माल्लोभं॑ विवर्जयेत्‌

Transliteration

tasmāt sarvāsv avasthāsu naro lobhaṁ vivarjayet | eṣa dharmaḥ paro rājan tasmāl lobhaṁ vivarjayet ||

Translation

ฉะนั้น ในทุกสภาพแห่งชีวิต มนุษย์พึงละความโลภ. ข้าแต่พระราชา นี่แลคือธรรมอันสูงสุด; เพราะฉะนั้นพึงสละความโลภเสีย.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: ablative (pañcamī), singular, masculine/neuter (pronominal)

• सर्वासु: in all
• सर्वासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: feminine, locative (saptamī), plural

• अवस्थासु: conditions/states
• अवस्थासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्था
• Form: feminine, locative (saptamī), plural

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: masculine, nominative (prathamā), singular

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: masculine, accusative (dvitīyā), singular

• विवर्जयेत्: should avoid/should give up
• विवर्जयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विवर्ज्
• Form: vidhi-liṅ (optative), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, nominative (prathamā), singular

• धर्मः: dharma/righteous duty
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: masculine, nominative (prathamā), singular

• परः: supreme/highest
• परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: masculine, nominative (prathamā), singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative (sambोधन), singular

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: ablative (pañcamī), singular, masculine/neuter (pronominal)

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: masculine, accusative (dvitīyā), singular

• विवर्जयेत्: should avoid/should renounce
• विवर्जयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विवर्ज्
• Form: vidhi-liṅ (optative), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative (sambोधन), singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājan (the king addressed, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Greed (lobha) should be abandoned in every circumstance; renouncing greed is presented as the highest form of dharma because it protects judgment, restraint, and righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing the king during the Anuśāsana Parva’s ethical discourse, emphasizes a practical rule of conduct: regardless of one’s situation, one should avoid greed, since it undermines dharma and good governance.