Shanti Parva Adhyaya 16 Shloka 9 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 9

Bhīmasena’s Counsel on Grief, Inner Conflict, and the Duty of Kingship (भीमसेन-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

शारीराज्जायते व्याधिमननसो नात्र संशय: । मानसाज्जायते वापि शारीर इति निश्चय:

Transliteration

śārīrāj jāyate vyādhir ananaso nātra saṁśayaḥ | mānasāj jāyate vāpi śārīra iti niścayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Từ nguyên nhân nơi thân mà sinh bệnh—điều ấy không nghi ngờ. Và cũng chắc chắn rằng từ nguyên nhân nơi tâm, bệnh nơi thân cũng có thể phát sinh.

Word by Word

शारीरात्from the body

जायतेis born/arises

व्याधिम्disease

अननसोof the mindless/without mind (i.e., of the body)

नnot

अत्रhere/in this matter

संशयःdoubt

मानसात्from the mind/mental (source)

जायतेis born/arises

वाor/also

अपिalso/even

शारीरःbodily/physical (disease)

इतिthus/that (quotative)

निश्चयःcertainty/definite conclusion

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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?

Illness can arise from bodily factors, and mental disturbances can also generate physical disease; therefore ethical self-governance includes guarding the mind, not only the body.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana states a reflective maxim within the Shānti Parva’s instruction: he links physical suffering and mental states, emphasizing that inner causes can produce outer afflictions.