Shloka 6

Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga

Non-attachment

Devanagari script

भवानेवंविधो<स्माकं संशयं छेत्तुमरहति । अमूढश्चिरमूढानां लोकतत्त्वमजानताम्‌

Transliteration

bhavānevamvidho 'smākaṃ saṃśayaṃ chettum arhati | amūḍhaś ciramūḍhānāṃ lokatattvam ajānatām ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“如您这般的智者，确实堪当为我们斩断疑惑。因为我们久陷迷妄，不识世间真实的法则；唯有如您这般不迷不惑的知者，才能消除我们这类人的不确定与疑惧。”

Word by Word

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवंविधः: of such a kind
• एवंविधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• संशयम्: doubt
• संशयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• छेत्तुम्: to cut off / to dispel
• छेत्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive), Parasmaipada (by usage)

• अरहति: is able / deserves
• अरहति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमूढः: not deluded
• अमूढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम्

• मूढानाम्: of the deluded
• मूढानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• लोकतत्त्वम्: the truth/principle of the world
• लोकतत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकतत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अजानताम्: of those not knowing
• अजानताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अ + ज्ञा
• Form: Shatṛ (present active participle), negated, Masculine/Neuter (gen. pl. used substantively), Genitive, Plural, Parasmaipada (active)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• honorific addressee (bhavān)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True understanding (loka-tattva) dispels doubt; those who are clear-minded and knowledgeable are uniquely qualified to guide the long-ignorant, and humility is the proper stance of the seeker.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses a revered interlocutor, acknowledging his own side’s long-standing ignorance and requesting that the wise person remove their uncertainty by explaining the truth of reality and right understanding.