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Shloka 39

Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra

Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability

एवमेष प्रसंख्यात: स्वकर्मप्रत्ययो गुण: । कथज्चिद्‌ वर्तते सम्यक्‌ केषांचिद्‌ वा निवर्तते

evam eṣa prasaṅkhyātaḥ svakarma-pratyayo guṇaḥ | kathañcid vartate samyak keṣāñcid vā nivartate ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ดังนี้คุณลักษณะนี้ได้อธิบายแล้วว่าเกิดขึ้นตามกรรมของตนเอง ในบางคนมันทำงานอย่างถูกต้องและยังคงเคลื่อนไหวอยู่; ในบางคนมันกลับถอนตัวและดับไป—โดยเฉพาะเมื่อญาณแท้ได้บังเกิดขึ้นแล้ว”

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
एषःthis (one/thing)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रसंख्यातःenumerated, stated, explained
प्रसंख्यातः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-सं-ख्या (धातु) → प्रसंख्यात (कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्वकर्मप्रत्ययःarising/depending on one’s own actions
स्वकर्मप्रत्ययः:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वकर्मप्रत्यय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुणःquality, guṇa
गुणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कथंचित्somehow, in some way
कथंचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचित्
वर्ततेexists, proceeds, functions
वर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (वर्तते)
FormPresent, Ātmanepada, Third, Singular
सम्यक्properly, rightly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
केषांचित्of some (persons)
केषांचित्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् + चित्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
निवर्ततेceases, turns back, is withdrawn
निवर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-वृत् (निवर्तते)
FormPresent, Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Bhishma teaches that the guṇas (dispositional qualities) manifest according to one’s own karma; they actively operate in those lacking true knowledge, but in the wise they subside—indicating mastery over impulses and a movement toward inner freedom.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhishthira, Bhishma continues a philosophical explanation of conduct and inner qualities, summarizing how karmic tendencies produce guṇas and how spiritual insight leads to their cessation or non-binding operation.