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Shloka 59

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

नाभागेनाम्बरीषेण गयेन च महात्मना । आयुनाथानरण्येन दिलीपरघुपूरुभि:

nābhāgenāmbarīṣeṇa gayena ca mahātmanā | āyunāthānaraṇyena dilīparaghupūrubhiḥ |

قال بهيشما: «يا ابنَ كونتي، إنّ ملوكًا مثل نابهاگا، وأمبريشا، وغايا العظيم النفس، وآيو، وأنرنيا، وديليب، وراغهو، وبورو—لما أخذوا نذرَ ترك اللحم في شهر آشفينا خلال النصفين (أو حتى نصفٍ واحد)—كأنما اتحدوا بذاتِ جميع الكائنات، ونالوا معرفةَ المبادئ العليا والدنيا (بارافارا).»

नाभागेनby/with Nābhāga
नाभागेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनाभाग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अम्बरीषेणby/with Ambarīṣa
अम्बरीषेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बरीष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
गयेनby/with Gaya
गयेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगय
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
महात्मनाby/with the great-souled (one)
महात्मना:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
आयुनाby/with Āyu
आयुना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआयु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अनाथेनby/with Anātha
अनाथेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअनाथ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अनरण्येनby/with Anaraṇya
अनरण्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअनरण्य
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
दिलीपDilīpa
दिलीप:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिलीप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रघुRaghu
रघु:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरघु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूरुभिःby/with the Pūrus (or: by/with Pūru)
पूरुभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपूरु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
कुन्तीनन्दनO son of Kuntī
कुन्तीनन्दन:
TypeNoun
Rootकुन्ती-नन्दन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira (Kuntī-nandana)
N
Nābhāga
A
Ambarīṣa
G
Gaya
Ā
Āyu
A
Anaraṇya
D
Dilīpa
R
Raghu
P
Pūru
Ā
Āśvina (month)
P
Pakṣa (lunar fortnight)
M
Māṁsa-bhakṣaṇa (meat-eating)
P
Parāvara-tattva (higher-and-lower principle)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma teaches that disciplined restraint—here, abstaining from meat during a sacred period—purifies conduct and mind, leading to expanded compassion toward all beings and culminating in higher spiritual insight (knowledge of parāvara-tattva).

In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, he cites exemplary kings who observed a specific vow in the month of Āśvina. Their ethical self-restraint is presented as the cause of profound spiritual attainment and universal identification with the Self of all beings.