Shloka 13

अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः

Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning

Devanagari script

प्रससाद किल ब्रह्मा स्वयमेवात्मना55त्मनि । स्मयमानश्न लोकेशो लोकान्‌ सर्वनवैक्षत

Transliteration

prasasāda kila brahmā svayam evātmanā ātmani | smayamānaś ca lokeśo lokān sarvān avaikṣata ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“据说梵天自然而然地澄然安定，使自我安住于大我之中。诸世界之主含笑，遂遍观一切世界。”

Word by Word

• प्रससाद: became pleased/was appeased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसद्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• किल: indeed, it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: by himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• एव: only, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आत्मना: by (his) self
• आत्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• आत्मनि: in (his) self
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्मयमानः: smiling
• स्मयमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मि (स्मयते)
• Form: शानच् (वर्तमानकाले), आत्मनेपद-भाव, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोकेशः: lord of the worlds
• लोकेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-ईश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अवैक्षत: looked upon, beheld
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-ईक्ष्
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पितामह (Bhīṣma, as speaker)
• ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)
• लोकेश (Lord of the worlds)
• लोकाः (the worlds/realms)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights inner composure as the basis of right vision: Brahmā becomes serene by abiding in the Self (ātmanā ātmani), and from that settled state he beholds the worlds without agitation—suggesting that ethical and cosmic order is best understood from inner steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a moment in which Brahmā, having attained calmness, smiles and surveys all the worlds—an image of the creator/lord contemplating creation from a state of self-contained tranquility.