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Shloka 20

Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)

आशयन्त्यपि मामन्न॑ पुनर्बहुगुणं बहु । पुनरल्पं पुन:स्तोकं पुनर्नैवोपपद्यते

āśayanty api mām annaṃ punar bahuguṇaṃ bahu | punar alpaṃ punaḥ stokaṃ punar naivopapadyate ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “แม้ในยามที่ข้าพเจ้าถูกดูแล ผู้คนก็ยังมาแล้วมาเล่า นำอาหารมากมายอันประกอบด้วยคุณลักษณะนานาประการมาให้ข้าพเจ้ารับประทาน แต่ในบางคราวกลับได้เพียงเล็กน้อย บางคราวได้น้อยยิ่งนัก และบางคราวแม้เพียงนั้นก็ไม่มี”

आशयन्तिthey feed (cause to eat)
आशयन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ-शी (धातु)
FormLat (Present Indicative), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Accusative, Singular
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
बहु-गुणम्of many qualities/excellent
बहु-गुणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुगुण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बहुmuch/a lot
बहु:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
अल्पम्little
अल्पम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्प
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
स्तोकम्a small amount/a drop
स्तोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उपपद्यतेis obtained/occurs/is available
उपपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-√पद् (धातु)
FormLat (Present Indicative), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Bhishma highlights the instability of worldly provisions: at times one receives abundance, at times only a little, and at times nothing. The ethical implication is to cultivate endurance, contentment, and detachment rather than entitlement or resentment.

Bhishma, speaking in the Shanti Parva, reflects on his experience of being tended and fed: different people bring him food of varying quantity and quality, and sometimes none arrives. He uses this observation to underscore the unpredictability of material support in life.