Shloka 20

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

सिद्धा होते महाभागा: पुरा होकान्तिनो5भवन्‌ | तमोरजोभिरननिमिुक्ता मां प्रवेक्ष्यन्त्यसंशयम्‌

Transliteration

siddhā hote mahābhāgāḥ purā hy ekāntino 'bhavan | tamo-rajobhir anirmuktā māṁ pravekṣyanty asaṁśayam ||

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—এখানে নিবাসকারী এই সকল মহাভাগ্যবান ইতিমধ্যেই সিদ্ধি লাভ করেছেন। পূর্বকালেও এরা আমার একান্ত ভক্ত ছিল। তমস্ ও রজস্-এ অলিপ্ত থেকে এরা নিঃসন্দেহে আমার মধ্যেই প্রবেশ করবে।

Word by Word

• सिद्धाः: accomplished, perfected
• सिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √सिध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• होते: are / become
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (हो)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• महाभागाः: greatly fortunate ones
• महाभागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अकान्तिनः: not desiring (anything else), without other longing
• अकान्तिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकान्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: were, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Imperfect (Past), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तमः: by tamas (darkness/ignorance quality)
• तमः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रजः: by rajas (passion/activity quality)
• रजः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भिः: with/by (instrumental plural ending)
• भिः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भिस् (विभक्ति-प्रत्यय)
• Form: instrumental plural ending used with dual members in coordination

• अननिमुक्ताः: not released (i.e., not freed) (as written in the text)
• अननिमुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अननिमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति: will enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √विश्
• Form: Simple Future, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• असंशयम्: without doubt, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mahābhāgāḥ (blessed perfected beings)
• mām (the Supreme/Divine ‘Me’)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-pointed devotion and purification from the guṇas—especially tamas and rajas—lead the perfected to certain union with the Supreme; liberation is presented as assured for those who are steadfast and purified.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, while instructing on dharma and liberation themes in Śānti Parva, describes a group of blessed perfected residents as long-standing exclusive devotees who, being free from tamas and rajas, will certainly attain entry into the Divine.