Shloka 11

Adhyāya 115: On Restraint Under Verbal Provocation in the Assembly (सभायां आक्रोश-सहिष्णुता)

Devanagari script

यस्यावाच्यं न लोके5स्ति नाकार्य चापि किंचन । वाचं तेन न संदध्याच्छुचि: संश्लिष्टकर्मणा

Transliteration

yasya avācyaṃ na loke 'sti na akāryaṃ cāpi kiṃcana | vācaṃ tena na sandadhyāc chuciḥ saṃśliṣṭa-karmāṇā ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“在此世间，若有人无话不可说、无事不可为；与此等人，清净之士——以恒常正行而自净自尊者——连交谈也不应开始。”

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अवाच्यम्: unsayable/that which should not be said
• अवाच्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवाच्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• अकार्यं: a thing not to be done/forbidden act
• अकार्यं: Karta
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• किंचन: anything (at all)
• किंचन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Indefinite
• Root: किंचन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वाचम्: speech/words/conversation
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तेन: with him/with that person
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• संदध्यात्: should join/should engage (in)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शुचिः: pure/clean (person)
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संश्लिष्टकर्मणा: by (his) well-ordered/connected conduct; by proper deeds
• संश्लिष्टकर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संश्लिष्टकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person who recognizes no limits on what may be said or done is ethically dangerous; the virtuous should avoid even verbal association with such a person, protecting their own purity and moral clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Bhishma advises standards for association: the righteous should distance themselves from shameless individuals whose speech and actions have no restraint.