Shloka 7

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

अहिंसानिरतो नित्यं जुह्नमानो जातवेदसम्‌ | षड्भिरेव स वर्षैस्तु सिध्यते नाज संशय:

Transliteration

ahiṃsā-nirato nityaṃ juhvamāno jātavedasam | ṣaḍbhir eva sa varṣais tu sidhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Ai luôn chuyên tâm vào bất bạo động, và mỗi ngày dâng lễ vật vào Jātavedas (ngọn lửa thiêng), thì chỉ trong sáu năm sẽ đạt thành tựu tâm linh—điều ấy không còn nghi ngờ.

Word by Word

• अहिंसा-निरतः: devoted to non-violence
• अहिंसा-निरतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरत (प्रातिपदिक); अहिंसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुह्वानः: offering (into fire), sacrificing
• जुह्वानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni, the fire-god)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• षड्भिः: with six
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्षैः: by years; within years
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सिध्यते: is accomplished; attains success
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अज: O Aj(a) (a form of address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संशयः: doubt
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Jātavedas (Agni)
• Agnihotra (implied by daily fire-offering)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical restraint—especially steadfast non-violence—combined with consistent sacred duty (daily fire-offering) is presented as a powerful, reliable path to spiritual accomplishment (siddhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, in his instruction on dharma, describes a disciplined practitioner devoted to ahiṃsā and daily offerings into the sacred fire, asserting that such a person attains siddhi within six years without doubt.