Shloka 106

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

अहं कर्तेति चाप्यन्यो गुणस्तत्र चतुर्दश: । ममायमिति येनायं मनन्‍्यते न ममेति च

Transliteration

ahaṃ karteti cāpy anyo guṇas tatra caturdaśaḥ | mamāyam iti yenāyaṃ manyate na mameti ca ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“那里还有另一种性质——第十四者——名为‘我慢/我执’（ahaṃkāra，egoism）：即‘我为作者’之傲念。凭此，具身者生起‘此为我有’与‘此非我有’的观念。”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• कर्ते: in/with regard to the doer
• कर्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

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

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अन्यः: another
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• गुणः: quality/attribute
• गुणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्र: there/in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• चतुर्दशः: fourteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मम: of me/mine
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• अयम्: this (being)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मन्यते: thinks/considers
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

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

• मम: of me/mine
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

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

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

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Egoism (ahaṃkāra)—the conceit ‘I am the doer’—drives possessiveness and division into ‘mine’ and ‘not mine.’ Recognizing this mechanism is a step toward ethical restraint and inner freedom from attachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues his analysis of inner qualities, identifying egoism as a distinct factor that shapes how the individual self interprets actions and ownership.