Shloka 23
कपोत-लुब्धकसंवादः — Hunter’s Remorse and Renunciatory Resolve
Devanagari script
ज्ञानमप्यपदिश्यं हि यथा नास्ति तथैव तत् । त॑ तथा छिन्नमूलेन सन्नोदयितुमरहसि
Transliteration
jñānam apy apadiśyaṃ hi yathā nāsti tathaiva tat | tathā chinnamūlena saṃnodayitum arhasi |
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“即便被称作‘知识’的东西，若带着疑惑之性，实质上也不比无知更好。因此，你当从根本斩断疑虑，将其驱逐，依止于无有不定的清净之智。”
Word by Word
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अपदिश्यम्to be indicated/pointed out (as such)
अपदिश्यम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपदिश्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिकम्; धातु: √दिश्/√दिश् (दिशति) उपसर्ग: अप-)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (अस्ति)
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तथाso/thus
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तत्that (it)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तथाthus/in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
छिन्नमूलेनwith (its) root cut off
छिन्नमूलेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootछिन्नमूल (प्रातिपदिकम्; छिन्न = √छिद् क्त; मूल = मूल)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
सन्being
सन्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Root√अस् (सत्/सन्; शतृ-प्रत्यय)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उदयितुम्to raise/bring up (again)
उदयितुम्:
TypeVerb
Root√उद्-इ (उदेति) तुमुन्
FormInfinitive (tumun)
अर्हसिyou ought/are able
अर्हसि:
TypeVerb
Root√अर्ह् (अर्हति)
FormPresent (Lat), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Knowledge that remains entangled in doubt fails to guide conduct and realization; therefore one should uproot the very cause of doubt and rely on clear, decisive understanding.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising the listener on right understanding: he warns that ‘knowledge’ mixed with uncertainty is effectively equivalent to ignorance and urges the removal of doubt at its source.