Shloka 2

Ānṛśaṃsya, Amātya-Guṇa, and Reconciliatory Counsel (आनृशंस्य–अमात्यगुण–संधि-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

पुरस्तादेव भगवन्‌ मयैतदपवर्जितम्‌ । येन मां नाभिशड्केत येन कृत्स्नं हितं॑ भवेत्‌

Transliteration

purastād eva bhagavan mayaitad apavarjitam | yena māṁ nābhiśaṅketa yena kṛtsnaṁ hitaṁ bhavet ||

Translation

“اے بھگون! میں نے تو یہ سب پہلے ہی ترک کر دیا ہے—تاکہ کوئی مجھ پر شبہ نہ کرے اور تاکہ سب کا کامل بھلا ہو سکے۔”

Word by Word

• पुरस्तात्: formerly, beforehand
• पुरस्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस्
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपवर्जितम्: abandoned, renounced
• Type: Verb
• Root: अपवर्जित
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya (negation)

• अभिशङ्केत: may suspect
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-शङ्क्
• Form: Optative (vidhilin), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular, Present system

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कृत्स्नम्: entire, complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हितम्: welfare, good
• हितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may be, may become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (vidhilin), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical authority depends on self-restraint: one should renounce conduct that invites suspicion, so that one’s life becomes a source of complete welfare for others.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma is instructing on dharma and right conduct; here he states that he has already given up certain blameworthy tendencies so that no distrust arises and the common good is fully served.