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Shloka 3

Adhyāya 115: On Restraint Under Verbal Provocation in the Assembly (सभायां आक्रोश-सहिष्णुता)

अरुष्यन्‌ क्रुश्यमानस्थ सुकृतं नाम विन्दति । दुष्कृतं चात्मनो मर्षी रुष्यत्येवापमार्दि वै

aruṣyan kruśyamānaḥ sukṛtaṃ nāma vindati | duṣkṛtaṃ cātmano marṣī ruṣyaty evāpamārdi vai ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Kẻ nào dù bị chửi mắng mà không nổi giận, sẽ nhận lấy công đức (puṇya) của kẻ mắng nhiếc. Người nhẫn nhục, nhờ chịu đựng, rũ bỏ tội lỗi của chính mình; còn kẻ giận dữ mà buông lời sỉ nhục mới là kẻ mang lấy vết nhơ.”

अरुष्यन्not getting angry
अरुष्यन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootरुष्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रुश्यमानस्यof (one who is) being reviled/abused
क्रुश्यमानस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootक्रुश्
Formशानच् (present passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
सुकृतम्merit, good deed
सुकृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुकृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नामindeed, as it were (emphatic particle)
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
विन्दतिfinds, obtains
विन्दति:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular
दुष्कृतम्demerit, sin
दुष्कृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्कृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
मर्षीforbearing, patient
मर्षी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमर्षिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रुष्यतिgets angry
रुष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootरुष्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अपमार्दीone who insults/afflicts (the other)
अपमार्दी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपमार्दिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed (emphatic particle)
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Forbearance is ethically powerful: if one does not respond with anger to abuse, one gains merit while one’s own demerit is neutralized; the angry reviler accrues the moral fault.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma advises Yudhishthira on self-control and righteous conduct, using the case of enduring insults without anger to illustrate how patience protects and elevates one’s moral standing.