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Shloka 223

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

असंत्याज्यं यदा मर्त्य: कि स्वस्थ इव तिष्ठसि | पिताजी! जब इस शरीरमें मृत्यु

asantyājyaṃ yadā martyaḥ kiṃ svastha iva tiṣṭhasi |

যেতিয়া মানুহৰ সন্মুখত ত্যাগ কৰিব নোৱাৰা—মৃত্যুই—দাঁড়াই থাকে, তেতিয়া তুমি স্বস্তিৰ দৰে কিয় বহি আছা? এই দেহত মৃত্যু, জৰা, ব্যাধি আৰু নানা কাৰণজাত দুঃখৰ শৃংখলা সদায় থাকে; আৰু মানুহে কোনো উপায়ে সঁচাকৈ সিহঁতৰ পৰা মুক্ত হ’ব নোৱাৰে। তেন্তে এনে অৱস্থাত তুমি নিশ্চিন্ত কিয়?

असन्त्याज्यम्not to be abandoned / unavoidable
असन्त्याज्यम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअसन्त्याज्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
मर्त्यःa mortal (man)
मर्त्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
किम्why? / what?
किम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम्
स्वस्थःat ease, unconcerned
स्वस्थः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वस्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
तिष्ठसिyou stand / remain
तिष्ठसि:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, Lat

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Bhishma highlights the inevitability of death, aging, and disease, urging alertness and ethical seriousness rather than complacency. The verse presses the listener to recognize unavoidable suffering as a prompt for right living, reflection, and detachment.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma addresses his interlocutor with a pointed question: given that the body is bound to death, decay, and illness, why is the person behaving as if secure and untroubled? It functions as a wake-up call within Bhishma’s broader counsel on dharma and the human condition.