Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इमे हानिन्द्रियाहारा मद्धक्ता श्चन्द्रवर्चस: | एकाग्राश्निन्तयेयुर्मा नैषां विघ्नो भवेदिति,'ये इन्द्रिय और आहारसे शून्य, चन्द्रमाके समान कान्तिमान्‌ मेरे भक्तजन एकाग्रभावसे मेरा चिन्तन कर सकें और इनके ध्यानमें किसी प्रकारका विघ्न न हो, इसके लिये तुम्हें यहाँसे चले जाना चाहिये

Transliteration

ime hānindriyāhārā madbhaktāś candravarcasaḥ | ekāgrāś cintayeyur mā naiṣāṁ vighno bhaved iti ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“这些我的奉献者——不为诸根所役，不依食而住，皎洁如月——应当能以一心专注观想于我。为使他们的禅定不生任何障碍，你应当离开此处。”

Word by Word

इमेthese

हिindeed/for

अनिन्द्रियाहाराःwithout senses and food (i.e., free from sense-objects and sustenance)

मद्भक्ताःmy devotees

चand

चन्द्रवर्चसःhaving moon-like radiance

एकाग्राःsingle-pointed, concentrated

चिन्तयेयुःmay they contemplate/think of

माम्me

नnot

एषाम्of these

विघ्नःobstacle, hindrance

भवेत्may there be / should be

इतिthus (quotative)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

devotees (madbhaktāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-pointed devotion and meditation require restraint of the senses and minimal dependence on bodily intake; equally, the environment should be kept free of disturbances so that spiritual practice is not obstructed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes a group of radiant ascetic devotees intent on meditating upon the divine, and he states that others should withdraw so their contemplation remains undisturbed.