Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अथ यद्‌ दुःखसंयुक्तमप्रीतिकरमात्मन: । प्रवृत्त रज इत्येव तदसंरभ्य चिन्तयेत्‌

Transliteration

atha yad duḥkhasaṁyuktam aprītikaram ātmanaḥ | pravṛttaṁ raja ity eva tad asaṁrabhya cintayet ||

Translation

毗湿摩说：“当某个念头或冲动生起，夹杂痛苦，不能给自我带来内在的喜悦时，当知那不过是罗阇斯（rajas）的骚动。无须激荡，无须执取，就这样观照思惟，使其如其所是而被了知。”

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• दुःख-संयुक्तम्: connected with sorrow
• दुःख-संयुक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखसंयुक्त
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अ-प्रीति-करम्: causing displeasure
• अ-प्रीति-करम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रीतिकर
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आत्मनः: of oneself/of the self
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• प्रवृत्तम्: arisen/active
• प्रवृत्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवृत्त
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• रजः: rajas (passion/impulse)
• रजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• इति: thus (as)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तत्: that (thing/state)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अ-संरभ्य: without becoming agitated/without grasping at
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-रभ्
• Form: absolutive (gerund), parasmaipada (usage), अ-

• चिन्तयेत्: should reflect/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: vidhi-linga (optative), present (modal), third, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

If an inner movement leads to suffering and dissatisfaction, identify it as rajas (restless passion) and examine it calmly without reacting; this recognition weakens its hold and supports self-mastery.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on ethical and spiritual discipline. Here he gives a practical criterion for inner discernment: painful, joyless impulses are to be seen as rājasic and handled through calm reflection rather than impulsive engagement.