Shloka 13

त्रिवर्गविचारः

Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma

Devanagari script

अदान्त: पुरुष: क्लेशमभीक्षणं प्रतिपद्यते । अनर्थाश्व बहूनन्यान्‌ प्रसृजत्यात्मदोषजान्‌

Transliteration

adāntaḥ puruṣaḥ kleśam abhīkṣṇaṃ pratipadyate | anarthān ca bahūn anyān prasṛjaty ātma-doṣa-jān ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“感官与心不受约束之人，屡屡堕入苦恼。并且由其自身内在的过失，又生出许多别样的不幸，使其人生之途害患倍增。”

Word by Word

• अदान्तः: uncontrolled, unrestrained
• अदान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: man, person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्लेशम्: distress, suffering
• क्लेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभीक्षणम्: continually, repeatedly
• अभीक्षणम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभीक्षणम्

• प्रतिपद्यते: attains, undergoes, meets with
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + पद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• अनर्थान्: misfortunes, harms
• अनर्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अन्यान्: other, additional
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रसृजति: produces, creates, brings forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सृज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आत्मदोषजान्: born of one's own faults
• आत्मदोषजान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मदोषज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Lack of self-restraint (over senses and mind) leads to recurring suffering, and personal vices do not remain isolated—they generate further harms and complications, expanding one’s misery.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhishma is teaching about inner discipline, warning that an ungoverned inner life becomes the source of continual distress and cascading misfortunes.