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Shloka 53

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

महाह्नद: संक्षुभित आत्मनैव प्रसीदति । (इत्थं नरो5प्यात्मनैव कृतप्रज्ञ: प्रसीदति ।) एतदेवंगतस्याहं सुखं पश्यामि जीवितुम्‌

mahāhradaḥ saṁkṣubhita ātmanaiva prasīdati | itthaṁ naro 'py ātmanaiva kṛtaprajñaḥ prasīdati | etad evaṁgatasya ahaṁ sukhaṁ paśyāmi jīvitum |

Bhīṣma nói: “Một hồ lớn, dù bị khuấy đảo và xáo động, vẫn tự nhiên trở lại trong và lặng. Cũng vậy, người có trí hiểu vững vàng, đã được thanh tịnh, dù bị chấn động vẫn nhờ chính tự thân mà phục hồi sự an tĩnh và sáng tỏ. Vì thế, hỡi vương tử, việc con đạt đến trạng thái này—sự khởi lên của một tâm ý trong sạch trong lòng con—là điềm lành. Chỉ đời sống như thế ta mới xem là hạnh phúc chân thật.”

महाह्नदःa great lake/reservoir
महाह्नदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाह्नद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संक्षुभितःagitated, stirred up
संक्षुभितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसंक्षुभ्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
आत्मनाby itself
आत्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
प्रसीदतिbecomes clear/calm
प्रसीदति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रसद्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
इत्थम्thus, in this manner
इत्थम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्थम्
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
आत्मनाby himself
आत्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
कृतप्रज्ञःone of steady/formed wisdom
कृतप्रज्ञः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतप्रज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रसीदतिbecomes clear/calm
प्रसीदति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रसद्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
गतस्यof one who has reached/attained (this state)
गतस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootगम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormNominative, Singular, First
सुखम्happiness, ease
सुखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पश्यामिI see, I consider
पश्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
जीवितुम्to live
जीवितुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootजीव्
Formतुमुन् (infinitive)

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
A
a great lake (mahāhrada)

Educational Q&A

True clarity and peace are self-restored: even when the mind is disturbed, a person of steady wisdom (kṛtaprajña) returns to calm through inner discipline and the self’s own capacity for purification, like a lake settling back into clarity.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs a royal listener (addressed as “prince”), praising the emergence of pure, steady understanding and affirming that such an inwardly clarified life is the happiest and most auspicious way to live.