Shloka 10

Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech

Devanagari script

सापत्यो निरपत्यो वा मुक्तश्वर यथासुखम्‌ | इन्द्रियैरिन्द्रियार्थास्त्वमनु भूय यथाविधि

Transliteration

sāpatyo nirapatyo vā muktaśvara yathāsukham | indriyair indriyārthās tvam anubhūya yathāvidhi ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“无论你有子嗣还是无子嗣，都当安然自处，离于忧惧。以诸根受用诸境固可，但须依正法之轨则与节制而行。”

Word by Word

• सापत्यः: having offspring
• सापत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अपत्य (अपत्य)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरपत्यः: without offspring
• निरपत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-अपत्य (अपत्य)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• मुक्तः: freed, liberated
• मुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ईश्वरः: master, lord (self-controlled one)
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सुखम्: comfort, ease, happiness
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इन्द्रियैः: by/with the senses
• इन्द्रियैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• इन्द्रियार्थान्: objects of the senses
• इन्द्रियार्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रियार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अनुभूय: having experienced/enjoyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-भू
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विधि: rule, proper manner
• विधि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that worldly enjoyment is not rejected outright; it should be pursued without anxiety and strictly within dharmic limits—regulated, appropriate, and disciplined (yathāvidhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising the listener on proper living: regardless of having children or not, one should maintain inner freedom from worry and engage sense-objects only in a lawful, restrained way.