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Shloka 26

Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech

द्यूते पाने तथा स्त्रीषु मृगयायां च यो नर: । न प्रमाद्यति सम्मोहात्‌ सततं मुक्त एव सः

dyūte pāne tathā strīṣu mṛgayāyāṃ ca yo naraḥ | na pramādyati sammohāt satataṃ mukta eva saḥ ||

Bhīṣma nói: Người đàn ông nào, dù ở giữa cờ bạc, rượu chè, giao du với phụ nữ và cuộc săn đuổi, vẫn không vì si mê mà rơi vào sự buông lung—người ấy hằng luôn tự do. Lời dạy nhấn mạnh rằng trói buộc không chỉ do những thú vui cám dỗ hiện diện, mà do sự mất tự chủ và mất khả năng phân biệt khiến chúng biến thành nghiện ngập và sa đọa đạo hạnh.

द्यूतेin gambling
द्यूते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्यूत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पानेin drinking (liquor)
पाने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपान
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
स्त्रीषुamong women / in (illicit) women
स्त्रीषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
मृगयायाम्in hunting
मृगयायाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमृगया
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नरःman
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रमाद्यतिis heedless / errs
प्रमाद्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रमद्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
सम्मोहात्from delusion
सम्मोहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसम्मोह
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
सततम्always
सततम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसतत
मुक्तःliberated / free
मुक्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
G
gambling (dice)
I
intoxicating drink
W
women
H
hunting

Educational Q&A

Freedom is maintained by vigilance and self-mastery: even when surrounded by common temptations—gambling, intoxicants, sexual entanglements, and hunting—one who does not succumb to delusion-born heedlessness avoids bondage and remains 'free'.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Bhīṣma advises Yudhiṣṭhira by identifying typical sources of moral downfall and emphasizing that the decisive factor is pramāda (careless loss of discernment), not merely the external presence of such pursuits.