Shloka 37

दूरगं बहुधागामि प्रार्थनासंशयात्मकम्‌ । मन: सुनियतं यस्य स सुखी प्रेत्य चेह च,जिसका दूरतक दौड़ लगानेवाला और अनेक विषयोंकी ओर जानेवाला कामनायुक्त संशयात्मक मन अच्छी तरह वशमें हो जाता है, वह मनुष्य इहलोकमें तथा मरनेके बाद परलोकमें भी सुखी होता है

dūragaṁ bahudhāgāmi prārthanā-saṁśayātmakaṁ | manaḥ suniyataṁ yasya sa sukhī pretya ceha ca ||

جس کا دل و دماغ دور تک بھٹکتا، بہت سے موضوعات کی طرف دوڑتا، خواہش سے چلایا ہوا اور شک و تردد سے بھرا ہو—اگر وہ اسے مضبوطی سے قابو میں لا کر اچھی طرح منضبط کر لے، تو وہ انسان اسی دنیا میں بھی اور مرنے کے بعد اگلے جہان میں بھی خوش رہتا ہے۔

दूरगम्far-going (mind)
दूरगम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदूरग
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बहुधाin many ways / variously
बहुधा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहुधा
गामिgoing (to)
गामि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ), गामिन्
प्रार्थना-संशय-आत्मकम्consisting of desire and doubt
प्रार्थना-संशय-आत्मकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रार्थना + संशय + आत्मक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सुनियम्well-controlled
सुनियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + नियम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुखीhappy
सुखी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुखिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रेत्यhaving departed (after death)
प्रेत्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र + इ
FormGerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इहhere (in this world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Happiness in both this life and the next depends on mastering the mind. When the mind that habitually runs after many objects—powered by craving and destabilized by doubt—is brought under steady control, one gains lasting well-being.

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and the means to peace after the war. Here he emphasizes inner governance: the disciplined mind is presented as the decisive factor for a good life and a good post-mortem destiny.