Shloka 16

अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः

Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind

Devanagari script

आक्रुश्यमानो नाक्रुश्येन्मन्युरेनं तितिक्षत: । आक्रोष्टारं निर्दहति सुकृतं चास्य विन्दति

Transliteration

ākrūśyamāno nākrūśyen manyur enaṃ titikṣataḥ | ākroṣṭāraṃ nirdahati sukṛtaṃ cāsya vindati ||

Translation

天鹅说道：“纵被辱骂，也不当以辱骂相报；当忍受那挑衅。因为忍者所抑制的忿怒，能焚尽辱骂者，甚至夺去原本属于他的福德（善业）。”

Word by Word

• आक्रुश्यमानः: being abused/being shouted at
• आक्रुश्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-क्रुश्
• Form: present passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular

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

• आक्रुश्येत्: should abuse (in return)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-क्रुश्
• Form: vidhi-linga, optative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• मन्युः: anger
• मन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तितिक्षतः: of (the man) who endures/forbears
• Type: Verb
• Root: तितिक्ष्
• Form: present active participle, masculine, genitive, singular

• आक्रोष्टारम्: the abuser/shouter
• आक्रोष्टारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-क्रोष्टृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• निर्दहति: burns up/destroys
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-दह्
• Form: lat, present, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• सुकृतम्: merit/virtuous deed (store of merit)
• सुकृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-कृत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him (i.e., of the forbearing person)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• विन्दति: obtains/takes away (for himself)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: lat, present, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Haṃsa (the Swan sage/speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches kṣamā and restraint in speech: when insulted, do not insult back. Patient endurance transforms anger into a moral force that harms the reviler and causes him to lose his accumulated merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, the speaker Haṃsa delivers a maxim about responding to abuse: the virtuous person practices forbearance, and the abuser suffers the ethical consequence—his merit is consumed and transferred away.