Shloka 11
Adhyāya 179 — Bharadvāja’s Reductionist Inquiry into Jīva and Pañcabhūta Dissolution
सुखं जीवन्ति मुनयो भैक्ष्यवृत्ति समाश्रिता: । अद्रोहेणैव भूतानां सारड्रा इव पक्षिण:
sukhaṃ jīvanti munayo bhaikṣya-vṛtti-samāśritāḥ | adroheṇaiva bhūtānāṃ sāraṅgā iva pakṣiṇaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Namumuhay nang masaya ang mga pantas sa pag-asa sa pamumuhay na tinutustusan ng limos. Gaya ng mga ibong sāraṅga, pinananatili nila ang sarili nang walang poot sa alinmang nilalang—hindi nananakit, hindi nakikipagtalo—at umaasa sa kusang ibinibigay.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A life grounded in non-hostility (adroha) and simplicity—accepting alms without harming or opposing any being—brings inner ease; harmlessness and restraint are presented as the ethical foundation of ascetic livelihood.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma teaches by analogy: he points to sages who live on alms and compares them to birds that subsist without enmity, emphasizing peaceful conduct and non-violence as a model for righteous living.