Shloka 66

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

सर्वकामान्‌ परित्यज्य तपस्तप्तं तदा मया । स्नेहात्‌ त्वां तु ब्रवीम्येतन्मा भूयो विभ्रमेदिति

Transliteration

sarvakāmān parityajya tapas taptaṁ tadā mayā | snehāt tvāṁ tu bravīmy etan mā bhūyo vibhramed iti ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“我舍弃一切欲望，于彼时修行苦行。因怜爱于你，我才告知此事——愿你不再陷入迷妄，再被人引入歧途。”

Word by Word

• सर्वकामान्: all desires
• सर्वकामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकाम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तप्तम्: performed (lit. heated/practised)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• स्नेहात्: out of affection
• स्नेहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ब्रवीमि: I say / I tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present (Lat), Parasmaipada, 1st, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: prohibitive particle

• भूयः: again, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• विभ्रमेत्: may (he/you) be deluded / go astray
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-भ्रम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• the addressed listener (unnamed in the Sanskrit verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renounce self-centered desires and accept disciplined restraint (tapas); wise counsel given out of genuine concern aims to prevent renewed confusion and moral error.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, speaking as an elder authority, recalls having undertaken austerity after abandoning personal desires, and he warns the listener—out of affection—not to be misled again.