Shloka 39

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

Devanagari script

रममाण: श्रिया वक्षिन्नान्यच्छेयो5भिमन्यते । तथा तस्येहमानस्य समारम्भो विनश्यति

Transliteration

ramamāṇaḥ śriyā vakṣi nānyac chreyo 'bhimanyate | tathā tasyehamānasya samārambho vinaśyati ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“有人沉溺于财富与荣华，便以为世上再无更高的善。于是他一心逐利；然而即便正在奋力经营，命运也能在顷刻间毁掉他在此世的一切作为。”

Word by Word

• रममाणः: enjoying, delighting
• रममाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्रिया: with prosperity/wealth
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• वक्षि: say (you), tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रेयः: better good, higher good
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अभिमन्यते: thinks, considers
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तथा: thus, in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

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

• मानस्य: of the proud/esteeming one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• समारम्भः: undertaking, enterprise
• समारम्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समारम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विनश्यति: perishes, is destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Attachment to wealth can blind a person to higher welfare (śreyaḥ). Even intense effort aimed only at acquisition is unstable, because fortune can overturn worldly enterprises; therefore one should not treat wealth as the supreme good.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he warns about the mindset of those who revel in prosperity and pursue only accumulation, noting that their projects may be abruptly destroyed by destiny, underscoring the need for a dharmic perspective beyond mere gain.