Shloka 10
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
Devanagari script
दमेन सदृशं धर्म नान्यं लोकेषु शुश्रुम ।।
Transliteration
damena sadṛśaṃ dharma nānyaṃ lokeṣu śuśruma | damo hi paramo loke praśastaḥ sarvadharmiṇām ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“在诸世界之中，我们未曾听闻有任何义务可与自制相匹敌。的确，自制被视为此世最高的德行，为一切奉行达摩者所称赞。”
Word by Word
दमेनby/with self-control
दमेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सदृशम्similar/equal
सदृशम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
धर्मम्dharma, virtue
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अन्यम्another, other
अन्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
लोकेषुin the worlds
लोकेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
शुश्रुमwe have heard
शुश्रुम:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), First, Plural, Parasmaipada
दमःself-control
दमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
परमःsupreme, highest
परमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्रशस्तःpraised, commended
प्रशस्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रशस्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from प्र-शंस्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वधर्मिणाम्of all the righteous / of all followers of dharma
सर्वधर्मिणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वधर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
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
Self-restraint (dama)—control of senses, impulses, and speech—is presented as the supreme dharma, the foundation that supports all other virtues and makes righteous conduct stable and effective.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on dharma after the war, emphasizing that among moral disciplines, self-control is universally praised as the highest.