Shloka 2

Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati

Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्‌ । संवादं मोक्षसंयुक्त शिष्यस्य गुरुणा सह,भीष्मजी बोले--राजन्‌! इस विषयमें एक शिष्यका गुरुके साथ जो मोक्षसम्बन्धी संवाद हुआ था, उसी प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam | saṃvādaṃ mokṣa-saṃyuktaṃ śiṣyasya guruṇā saha ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O King, in this matter too an ancient precedent is cited: a venerable old account describing a dialogue on liberation that took place between a disciple and his teacher.”

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

अत्रhere; in this matter

अपिalso

उदाहरन्तिthey cite; they give as an example

इमम्this

इतिहासम्story; traditional account

पुरातनम्ancient

संवादम्dialogue; conversation

मोक्षसंयुक्तम्connected with liberation (moksha)

शिष्यस्यof the disciple

गुरुणाwith/by the teacher

सहtogether with

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

King (Yudhishthira, implied)

Disciple (unnamed)

Guru/Teacher (unnamed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes