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Shloka 7

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

तेषां रुदितशब्देन गृश्रो5भ्येत्य वचो<ब्रवीत्‌ । एकात्मजमिमं लोके त्यक्त्वा गच्छत मा चिरम्‌

teṣāṁ ruditāśabdena gṛdhro ’bhyetya vaco ’bravīt | ekātmajam imaṁ loke tyaktvā gacchata mā ciram ||

بھیشم نے کہا— اُن کے رونے کی آواز سے کھنچ کر ایک گِدھ وہاں آیا اور یوں بولا— “اے لوگو! اس دنیا میں اس اکلوتے بیٹے کو یہیں چھوڑ کر لوٹ جاؤ؛ دیر نہ کرو۔ یہاں زمانۂ مرگ (کال) کے لائے ہوئے ہزاروں عورتیں اور مرد آ چکے ہیں، اور اُن کے بھائی بند اور قرابت دار انہیں چھوڑ کر چلے جاتے ہیں۔”

तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, plural
रुदितweeping/crying
रुदित:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्
Formneuter, instrumental (in compound sense), singular
शब्देनby the sound
शब्देन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
गृध्रःa vulture
गृध्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगृध्र
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अभ्येत्यhaving approached
अभ्येत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootइ (एति)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)
वचःspeech/words
वचः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचस्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
अब्रवीत्said/spoke
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
Formimperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
एकone/only
एक:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
आत्मजम्son (born of oneself)
आत्मजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मज
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
इमम्this
इमम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
Formmasculine, locative, singular
त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned/left
त्यक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)
गच्छतgo (you all)!
गच्छत:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formimperative (लोट्), 2nd, plural, parasmaipada
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
चिरम्for long/long time
चिरम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिर

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
V
vulture (gṛdhra)
T
Time (Kāla)
O
only son (ekātmaja)
W
women and men (strī-puruṣa)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the inevitability of death under the power of Kāla (Time) and urges detachment from possessive grief: even the dearest relations must ultimately be left behind, so one should not be immobilized by lamentation.

As people cry over a dead youth described as an only son, a vulture—attracted by the sound—approaches and delivers a stark admonition: countless beings have died here before, and their relatives have all departed, leaving the dead behind; therefore, they too should leave and not linger.