Shloka 10

Ākiṃcanya–Tyāga Upadeśa

The Instruction on Non-ownership and Renunciation

Devanagari script

स तान्यतिमनोज्ञानि विहगानां रुतानि वै

Transliteration

sa tāny atimanojñāni vihagānāṃ rutāni vai

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Quả thật, ông lắng nghe những tiếng hót vô cùng êm dịu của muôn loài chim”—những âm thanh làm lòng người khoan khoái, kéo tâm trở vào bên trong, như giúp trái tim vững lại và nâng đỡ đời sống tiết chế, ngay chính.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तानि: those (things/sounds)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अतिमनोज्ञानि: exceedingly delightful/very charming
• अतिमनोज्ञानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिमनोज्ञ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विहगानाम्: of birds
• विहगानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• रुतानि: cries/songs (uttered sounds)
• रुतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• birds (vihagāḥ)
• bird-calls (rutāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the mind’s responsiveness to refined, non-violent pleasures (like birdsong), implying that calm attention and gentle sensory experience can aid composure, restraint, and a dharmic disposition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a scene in which a person (contextually, the subject of the surrounding passage) hears the exceptionally pleasing calls of birds, using this detail to set a contemplative tone within the Śānti Parva’s ethical instruction.