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Shloka 5

मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः

Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment

न हिंस्यात्‌ सर्वभूतानि मैत्रायणगतकश्चरेत्‌ । नेदं जीवितमासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केनचित्‌

na hiṁsyāt sarvabhūtāni maitrāyaṇagatakś caret | nedaṁ jīvitam āsādya vairaṁ kurvīta kenacit ||

Bhīṣma dạy rằng: chớ làm hại bất cứ sinh linh nào, mà hãy đi giữa đời với tâm hữu hảo đối với muôn loài. Đã được thân người mong manh, chóng tàn này, thì đừng gây thù oán với bất kỳ ai—vì oán thù chỉ làm khổ đau thêm sâu và ngăn trở con đường dharma.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हिंस्यात्should injure/harm
हिंस्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहिंस्
FormVidhi-linga, optative (injunctive sense: should), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
सर्वभूतानिall beings
सर्वभूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत
Formneuter, accusative, plural
मैत्रायणगतकःone who has resorted to friendliness
मैत्रायणगतकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमैत्रायणगत
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
चरेत्should move/live/behave
चरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
FormVidhi-linga, optative (should), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
जीवितम्life
जीवितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित
Formneuter, accusative, singular
आसाद्यhaving obtained/attained
आसाद्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-√सद्
Formktvānta (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada-usage
वैरम्enmity
वैरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवैर
Formneuter, accusative, singular
कुर्वीतshould make/do
कुर्वीत:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormVidhi-linga, optative (should), 3, singular, Atmanepada
केनचित्with anyone / with someone (i.e., with any person)
केनचित्:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formmasculine/neuter, instrumental, singular, चित् (indefinite)

भीष्म उवाच

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Educational Q&A

Practice ahiṁsā (non-harm) toward all beings, live with maitrī (friendliness), and avoid creating vaira (enmity), recognizing the impermanence of human life and the ethical cost of hostility.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war; here he gives a concise moral directive emphasizing nonviolence, universal friendliness, and the renunciation of personal enmity.