Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अवैरकृत्‌ सूपचार: समो निन्दाप्रशंसयो: । सुवृत्त: शीलसम्पन्न: प्रसन्नात्मा55त्मवान्‌ प्रभु:

Transliteration

avairakṛt sūpacāraḥ samo nindāpraśaṃsayoḥ | suvṛttaḥ śīlasampannaḥ prasannātmā ātmavān prabhuḥ ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا: وہ کسی سے عداوت نہیں رکھتا اور شائستہ آداب کے ساتھ پیش آتا ہے۔ ملامت اور تعریف میں وہ یکساں رہتا ہے۔ اس کا چال چلن نیک، اس کا کردار سنورا ہوا؛ اس کا باطن پرسکون۔ خود ضبط اور صاحبِ اختیار ہو کر وہ فضیلت میں ثابت قدم رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

अवैरकृत्one who causes no enmity / non-hostile

सूपचारःof good conduct / well-behaved

समःequal, impartial

निन्दा-प्रशंसयोःin blame and praise

सुवृत्तःof good conduct / well-mannered

शीलसम्पन्नःendowed with good character

प्रसन्नात्माof serene mind

आत्मवान्self-possessed, self-controlled

प्रभुःmaster, capable person

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines an ideal ethical person: one who does not generate hostility, treats others with courteous conduct, remains steady in praise and blame, and is inwardly serene and self-mastered.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and right conduct; here he lists qualities that mark a virtuous, authoritative person fit to guide or lead through moral steadiness.