Shloka 5

मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः

Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment

Devanagari script

न हिंस्यात्‌ सर्वभूतानि मैत्रायणगतकश्चरेत्‌ । नेदं जीवितमासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केनचित्‌

Transliteration

na hiṁsyāt sarvabhūtāni maitrāyaṇagatakś caret | nedaṁ jīvitam āsādya vairaṁ kurvīta kenacit ||

Translation

毗湿摩教诲道：不应伤害任何有情众生，而应以对一切众生的友善为根基行走世间。既得此短暂易逝之身，便不应与任何人结怨——因为怨恨只会加深苦恼，障蔽达摩之道。

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हिंस्यात्: should injure/harm
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, optative (injunctive sense: should), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वभूतानि: all beings
• सर्वभूतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• मैत्रायणगतकः: one who has resorted to friendliness
• मैत्रायणगतकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मैत्रायणगत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• चरेत्: should move/live/behave
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, optative (should), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आसाद्य: having obtained/attained
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: ktvānta (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada-usage

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कुर्वीत: should make/do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Vidhi-linga, optative (should), 3, singular, Atmanepada

• केनचित्: with anyone / with someone (i.e., with any person)
• केनचित्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular, चित् (indefinite)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Practice ahiṁsā (non-harm) toward all beings, live with maitrī (friendliness), and avoid creating vaira (enmity), recognizing the impermanence of human life and the ethical cost of hostility.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war; here he gives a concise moral directive emphasizing nonviolence, universal friendliness, and the renunciation of personal enmity.