Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

स वेदे मोक्षशास्त्रे च स्वे च शास्त्रे कृतश्रम: । इन्द्रियाणि समाधाय शशास वसुधामिमाम्‌

Transliteration

sa vede mokṣaśāstre ca sve ca śāstre kṛtaśramaḥ | indriyāṇi samādhāya śaśāsa vasudhām imām ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“他于吠陀、解脱之学，以及自身的治国之术，皆曾深勤用功。既摄伏诸根、令心安住，于是以自制之力统御此大地。”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदे: in the Veda
• वेदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मोक्ष-शास्त्रे: in the treatise on liberation
• मोक्ष-शास्त्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• स्वे: in his own
• स्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: also/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शास्त्रे: in the treatise (science)
• शास्त्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृत-श्रमः: one who has exerted himself; well-studied
• कृत-श्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्रियाणि: the senses
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• समाधाय: having composed/collected (having concentrated)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धा)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• शशास: ruled/governed
• Type: Verb
• Root: शास्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वसुधाम्: the earth
• वसुधाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Veda
• Moksha-shastra (teachings on liberation)
• Sva-shastra (statecraft/daṇḍanīti)
• Indriyas (the senses)
• Vasudha (the earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s authority should rest on disciplined learning (Veda, mokṣa-teachings, and statecraft) and on mastery over the senses; inner restraint is presented as the ethical foundation of effective governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes an exemplary king/administrator, emphasizing that he studied sacred knowledge and political science and, by concentrating and controlling his senses, successfully governed the earth.