Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यथा ह्ुपस्थितैश्वर्या: प्रजायन्ते न राजसा: । एवमेवात्मना5७त्मानं पूजयन्तीह धार्मिका:

Transliteration

yathā hy upasthitaiśvaryāḥ prajāyante na rājasāḥ | evam evātmanātmānaṃ pūjayantīha dhārmikāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“正如那些已具稳固王权者，不愿以罗阇斯（激情与躁动）驱使的奋求而再入生死之生；同样，世间的义人亦以自我礼敬自我。凭借严谨的达摩修持，他们提升内在之灵，达到更高境界，并谨防罗阇斯占上风，使自己再度坠入生死轮回。”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• उपस्थित: present, obtained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपस्थित
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• ऐश्वर्याः: prosperities, lordly powers
• ऐश्वर्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• प्रजायन्ते: are born, arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन्
• Form: present, Atmanepada, 3rd, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• राजसाः: rajasic (of rajas)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजस
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आत्मना: by oneself; by the self
• आत्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• आत्मानम्: the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पूजयन्ति: they honor, worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: present, Parasmaipada, 3rd, plural

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• धार्मिकाः: righteous people
• धार्मिकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्मिक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous people avoid rajasic, desire-driven action that binds one to rebirth; instead, through dharma and inner discipline they honor and uplift the Self by their own effort, aiming at a higher spiritual state.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is instructing on dharma, contrasting passion-driven conduct (rajas) that leads to continued birth with the dharmic path of self-cultivation, where one’s own inner effort becomes the means of elevation.