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Shloka 13

अबुद्धिपूर्वकपापविमोचनप्रश्नः — Janamejaya’s Unintended Transgression and the Indrota Rebuke

'पक्षिप्रवर! आप अब संतानवान्‌ और पुत्रवान्‌ हो चुके हैं। अतः आप अपनी देहपर दया न करके धर्म और अर्थपर ही दृष्टि रखते हुए इस बहेलियेका ऐसा सत्कार करें, जिससे इसका मन प्रसन्न हो जाय ।। मत्कृते मा च संतापं कुर्वीथास्त्वं विहड़म । शरीरयात्राकृत्यर्थमन्यान्‌ दारानुपैष्यसि,“विहंगम! आप मेरे लिये संताप न करें। आपको अपनी शरीरयात्राका निर्वाह करनेके लिये दूसरी स्त्री मिल जायेगी

pakṣipravara! āpa adhunā santānavān putravāṁś ca bhūtaḥ. ataḥ sva-dehe dayāṁ na kṛtvā dharma-artha-parāyaṇa-dṛṣṭyā asya vyādhasya tādṛśaṁ satkāraṁ kuru yena asya manaḥ prasīdati. mat-kṛte mā ca santāpaṁ kurvīthās tvaṁ vihaṅgama. śarīra-yātrā-kṛtyārtham anyān dārān upaiṣyasi.

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ยอดแห่งปักษา บัดนี้เจ้ามีบุตรและวงศ์สืบแล้ว เพราะฉะนั้นอย่ายึดติดด้วยความสงสารต่อกายของตน จงตั้งสายตาไว้ที่ธรรมะและอรรถะ แล้วต้อนรับนายพรานผู้นี้ให้สมควรจนใจเขาเบิกบาน และโอ้ปักษีเอ๋ย อย่าโศกเศร้าเพราะเรา เพื่อยังชีพสืบไป เจ้าจักได้คู่ครองอื่น”

मत्कृतेfor my sake / on account of me
मत्कृते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमत् + कृते (कृत)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संतापम्grief, distress
संतापम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंताप
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कुर्वीथाःyou should do / you should make
कुर्वीथाः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
विहङ्गम्bird (O bird)
विहङ्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविहङ्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शरीरयात्राकृत्यर्थम्for the purpose of what must be done for bodily maintenance
शरीरयात्राकृत्यर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर + यात्रा + कृत्य + अर्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अन्यान्other
अन्यान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दारान्wives (spouses)
दारान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उपैष्यसिyou will obtain / you will go to
उपैष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootउप + इ (एष्यति)
FormSimple Future (Lṛṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
V
vihaṅgama (a bird)
V
vyādha (hunter/fowler)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma emphasizes prioritizing dharma and artha over personal attachment and bodily sentiment: respond to circumstances with ethical prudence, even honoring an agent of harm (the hunter) if it serves a higher moral and practical end, and accept life’s necessities without excessive grief.

Bhishma recounts counsel addressed to a bird: since the bird now has offspring, it should act with a view to duty and welfare, respectfully appease the hunter, and not mourn for Bhishma; the bird can continue life and sustain itself, even by finding another mate.