Shloka 144

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

दम्भद्रोहनिवृत्तेषु कृतबुद्धिषु भारत । अचलेष्वप्रकम्पेषु मा ते भूदत्र संशय:

Transliteration

dambha-droha-nivṛtteṣu kṛta-buddhiṣu bhārata | acaleṣv aprakampeṣu mā te bhūd atra saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhīṣma: “O Bhārata, tungkol sa mga tumalikod na sa pagpapaimbabaw at masamang-loob—yaong ang pag-unawa’y nalinis at pinagtibay, at ang likas na pagkatao’y matatag at di matinag—huwag kang mag-alinlangan sa bagay na ito. Para sa gayong mga dakilang-loob na may disiplina, mapagmatyag, at dalisay ang isip, inilahad ko nang detalyado ang pagsasagawa ng pag-aayunong ito.”

Word by Word

• {'dambha': 'hypocrisy, ostentatious religiosity', 'droha': 'malice, treachery, hostile intent', 'nivṛtta': 'turned away from, ceased from', 'kṛta-buddhi': 'one whose mind is made up

• resolved, purified in intention', 'bhārata': 'O descendant of Bharata (address to Yudhiṣṭhira)', 'acala': 'immovable, steady', 'aprakampa': 'unshaken, not trembling

• firm', 'mā': 'do not', 'te': 'for you / in you', 'bhūt': 'let it be (optative of √bhū)', 'atra': 'here

• in this matter', 'saṁśaya': 'doubt, uncertainty', 'upavāsa': 'fasting

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Fasting and religious observances bear fruit when undertaken by people of steady character—free from hypocrisy and malice, with purified resolve; therefore one should practice such vows with inner sincerity and without doubt.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he concludes or reinforces his detailed explanation of the fasting observance, assuring Yudhiṣṭhira that it is meant for disciplined, pure, and unwavering practitioners.