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Shloka 34

Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications

लाभालाभौ सुखदु:खे च तात प्रियाप्रिये मरणं जीवितं च । समानि येषां स्थिरविक्रमाणां बुभुत्सतां सत्त्वपथे स्थितानाम्‌

lābhālābhau sukhaduḥkhe ca tāta priyāpriye maraṇaṃ jīvitaṃ ca | samāni yeṣāṃ sthiravikramāṇāṃ bubhutsatāṃ sattvapathe sthitānām ||

Wika ni Bhishma: “O minamahal kong anak, para sa mga matatag sa tapang na naghahangad ng tunay na pagkaunawa at nananatili sa landas ng sattva, ang pakinabang at pagkalugi, ligaya at pighati, ang minamahal at ang di-kanais-nais, at maging ang kamatayan at buhay—ay pawang magkakapantay. Ang gayong mga tao, malaya sa pag-aangkin at sa pagkamakasarili, tumitingin sa mga salungatan nang may pantay na paningin; kaya’t sa pagbabantay at pagpipigil-sa-sarili, paglingkuran at parangalan mo ang mga dakilang kaluluwang umiibig sa dharma, sapagkat ang kanilang mga salita tungkol sa mapalad at di-mapalad ay tapat—di tulad ng mga nagsasalita lamang upang magpakitang-gilas.”

लाभालाभौgain and loss
लाभालाभौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलाभ + अलाभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
सुखदुःखेpleasure and pain
सुखदुःखे:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुख + दुःख
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तातdear son / dear one
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रियाप्रियेthe pleasant and the unpleasant
प्रियाप्रिये:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रिय + अप्रिय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
मरणम्death
मरणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमरण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जीवितम्life
जीवितम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
समानिequal (all the same)
समानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
येषाम्of whom / whose
येषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
स्थिरविक्रमाणाम्of those with steadfast valor
स्थिरविक्रमाणाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थिरविक्रम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
बुभुत्सताम्of those desiring to know (to realize)
बुभुत्सताम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootबुभुत्सत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सत्त्वपथेon/in the path of sattva (goodness)
सत्त्वपथे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्वपथ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
स्थितानाम्of those who are established
स्थितानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थित
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Cultivate equanimity toward life’s opposites—gain/loss, pleasure/pain, liked/disliked, life/death—by abiding in sattva and seeking true understanding; honor and serve such steady, dharma-rooted people because their discernment and speech about right and wrong are reliable.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma addresses the listener (traditionally Yudhishthira) and describes the qualities of spiritually mature, sattva-established seekers, urging respectful service to them and warning that many others merely talk without true insight.