Shloka 20
बलीन्द्रसंवादः — Kāla, Anityatā, and the Limits of Agency
Mahābhārata 12.217
अन्तकाले बलोत्कर्षाच्छनै: कुर्यादनातुर: । एवं युक्तेन मनसा ज्ञानं यदुपपद्यते
antakāle balotkarṣāc chanaiḥ kuryād anāturaḥ | evaṁ yuktena manasā jñānaṁ yad upapadyate ||
জীৱনৰ অন্তিম পৰ্যায়ত যি ব্যাকুল নহয়, সি নিজৰ শক্তিৰ স্থিৰ প্ৰয়াসে ধীৰে ধীৰে আগবাঢ়ক। যোগে সংযত মনৰ দ্বাৰা যি সত্য জ্ঞান লাভযোগ্য হয়, তাক ক্ৰমে ক্ৰমে দৃঢ়তাৰে অৰ্জন কৰক; প্ৰাণান্তলৈ ধৈৰ্য ত্যাগ নকৰক।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual attainment is not a sudden leap but a disciplined, gradual effort: even toward life’s end, one should steadily intensify practice without agitation, and with a yoga-trained mind secure whatever knowledge becomes attainable, never abandoning patience.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on dharma and inner cultivation. Here he emphasizes sustained, step-by-step yogic effort and mental steadiness as the means to attain liberating knowledge, even in one’s final days.