Shloka 65
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
Devanagari script
शोककाले शुचो मा त्वं हर्षकाले च मा हृष:
Transliteration
śokakāle śuco mā tvaṃ harṣakāle ca mā hṛṣaḥ
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“逢忧苦之时，莫沉溺于悲恸；遇欢喜之时，莫放纵于狂喜。”
Word by Word
शोककालेat the time of sorrow
शोककाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशोक-काल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
शुचःgrieve
शुचः:
TypeVerb
Rootशुच् (धातु)
FormImperative, Second, Singular
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
हर्षकालेat the time of joy
हर्षकाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहर्ष-काल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
हृषःrejoice / exult
हृषः:
TypeVerb
Rootहृष् (धातु)
FormImperative, Second, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Maintain equanimity: neither collapse into sorrow during adversity nor become intoxicated with joy during prosperity. Ethical steadiness and self-mastery are presented as marks of a disciplined life aligned with dharma.
In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct and inner discipline after the war. This line is part of his counsel on regulating the mind amid changing circumstances.