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Shloka 25

आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis

भीष्म उवाच स तथोक्तस्तदा राजन्‌ ऋषभेण महात्मना । सुमित्रो5पनयत्‌ क्षिप्रमाशां कृशतरीं तत:

bhīṣma uvāca | sa tathoktas tadā rājan ṛṣabheṇa mahātmanā | sumitro 'panayat kṣipram āśāṃ kṛśatarīṃ tataḥ ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Tâu Đại vương, khi bậc đại hồn Rishabha đã nói như vậy, Sumitra lập tức dứt bỏ niềm hy vọng ấy—một sự mong cầu chỉ khiến thân thể ngày càng gầy mòn.”

भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ऋषभेणby Rishabha
ऋषभेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootऋषभ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)
महात्मना:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सुमित्रःSumitra
सुमित्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुमित्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपनयत्removed, gave up
अपनयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअप-नी
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular
क्षिप्रम्quickly, at once
क्षिप्रम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्षिप्र
आशाम्hope, desire
आशाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआशा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कृशतरीम्very emaciating / making (one) very weak
कृशतरीम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृशतर
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
ततःthereupon, then
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
R
Rishabha
S
Sumitra
T
the King (addressed as rājan)

Educational Q&A

Hope when it becomes clinging expectation (āśā) can weaken a person—mentally and even physically; therefore, one should abandon such craving and cultivate steadiness through detachment and self-control.

Bhishma narrates that after the sage Rishabha instructs him, Sumitra immediately gives up the emaciating hope he had been holding onto.