Shloka 31
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
Devanagari script
कामे शुचिरनावृत्त: प्रसन्नात्मा55त्मविच्छुचि: । प्राप्पेह लोके सत्कारं स्वर्ग समभिपद्यते
Transliteration
bhīṣma uvāca | kāme śucir anāvṛttaḥ prasannātmātmavic chuciḥ | prāpyeha loke satkāraṃ svargaṃ samabhipadyate ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“欲愿清净，不为感官放逸所缠，内我安宁，且为已净化的自知者——依法舍弃祭仪之业、苦行与诸般学问——便成就彻底的出离。此人于此世受敬，身后得不坏之天界，至上之住处。”
Word by Word
कामेin desire/with regard to desire
कामे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनावृत्तःturned away (from), not returning (to)
अनावृत्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनावृत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रसन्नात्माone whose self/mind is serene
प्रसन्नात्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसन्नात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आत्मवित्knower of the Self
आत्मवित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मविद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्राप्यhaving obtained
प्राप्य:
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (आप्नुयात्) / √आप्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
इहhere (in this world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सत्कारम्honour, respect
सत्कारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्कार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
समभिपद्यतेattains, reaches
समभिपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-अभि-√पद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
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
Purity of desire, inner serenity, and Self-knowledge culminate in true renunciation; such a renunciant gains honor in life and attains an imperishable higher state after death.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira by describing the qualities and fruit of an authentic renunciant (sannyasin) devoted to Self-knowledge.