Shloka 42

अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था

Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire

Devanagari script

परित्यजामि काम व्वां हित्वा सर्वमनोगती: । न त्वं मया पुन: काम वत्स्यसे न च रंस्यसे

Transliteration

parityajāmi kāma tvāṃ hitvā sarva-manogatīḥ | na tvaṃ mayā punaḥ kāma vatsyase na ca raṃsyase ||

Translation

โอ้กามะ (ความใคร่ปรารถนา)! เราสลัดทิ้งความเคลื่อนไหวและความเอนเอียงทั้งปวงแห่งใจ แล้วละทิ้งเจ้าเสีย บัดนี้เจ้าย่อมไม่อาจอยู่ร่วมกับเราอีก และไม่อาจรื่นรมย์ในเราได้อีกต่อไป

Word by Word

• परित्यजामि: I abandon/renounce
• परित्यजामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: Lat (Present), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कामम्: desire (Kāma)
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वाम्: you two (acc. dual)
• वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Dual

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• हित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (जहाति)
• Form: क्त्वा (Absolutive/Gerund)

• सर्वम्: all, everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मनोगतीः: mental courses/impulses
• मनोगतीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोगति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• काम: O Kāma (Desire)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वत्स्यसे: you will dwell/stay
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Lrt (Simple Future), 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रंस्यसे: you will delight/enjoy
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: Lrt (Simple Future), 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kāma (Desire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches mastery over desire by withdrawing the mind from its habitual impulses and decisively renouncing craving; ethical steadiness begins with inner governance rather than external circumstance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses Kāma as a personified force and declares a firm break from it, stating that desire will no longer reside in him or find enjoyment through him—an emphatic vow of inner renunciation.