Shloka 5

Devanagari script

न हि देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न च पन्नगा: । प्रभवन्तीह भूतानां प्राप्तानामुत्तमां गतिम्‌

Transliteration

na hi devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca pannagāḥ | prabhavantīha bhūtānāṃ prāptānām uttamāṃ gatim ||

Translation

সূৰ্যই ক’লে—যিসকল প্ৰাণীয়ে উত্তম গতি লাভ কৰিছে, তেওঁলোকৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত ইয়াত দেৱ, গন্ধৰ্ব, অসুৰ বা নাগ—কাৰো শক্তি চলে নাহে।

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas (celestial musicians)
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• असुराः: Asuras (demons)
• असुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पन्नगाः: serpents (Nāgas)
• पन्नगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रभवन्ति: are able / have power
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√भू
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• इह: here (in this world/with regard to this matter)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्राप्तानाम्: of those who have attained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• उत्तमाम्: highest/supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: state/goal/destination
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Asuras
• Pannagas (Nāgas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the inviolability of the highest spiritual attainment: once a being has reached the supreme state (uttamā gati), no class of powerful beings—divine, semi-divine, demonic, or nāga—can prevent or overturn that fulfillment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sūrya is speaking within the Shānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, emphasizing a doctrinal point: spiritual culmination is beyond external interference, even from exalted cosmic beings.