Shloka 9
Devanagari script
अहं कस्य कुतो वापि कः को मे ह भवेदिति । प्रयोजनमतिर्नित्यमेवं मोक्षाश्रमे वसेत्
Transliteration
ahaṁ kasya kuto vāpi kaḥ ko me ha bhaved iti | prayojanamatiḥ nityam evaṁ mokṣāśrame vaset ||
Translation
“আমি কার? কোথা থেকে এসেছি? আমার আপন কে? আর এই জীবনের উদ্দেশ্য কী?”—এই অনুসন্ধানে মনকে সদা নিবদ্ধ রেখে সন্ন্যাসীর মোক্ষাশ্রমে বাস করা উচিত।
Word by Word
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
कस्यof whom / whose
कस्य:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootकिम्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
कुतःfrom where
कुतः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः
Formtrue
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
Formtrue
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
Formtrue
कःwho
कः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कःwho
कः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेof me / my
मे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
हindeed (emphatic particle)
ह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
Formtrue
भवेत्might be / could be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
Formtrue
प्रयोजनमतिःthought/concern about purpose (of life)
प्रयोजनमतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयोजनमति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
Formtrue
एवम्thus / in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
Formtrue
मोक्षाश्रमेin the moksha-āśrama (renunciate stage)
मोक्षाश्रमे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्षाश्रम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
वसेत्should dwell / should live
वसेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
A renunciant should live with continuous self-inquiry—questioning ownership, origin, and attachment (“mine-ness”)—so the mind stays oriented toward life’s true purpose: liberation.
In the Shanti Parva instruction setting, Bhishma is advising on the discipline of the mokṣa-oriented life, describing the inner contemplations that should accompany dwelling in the renunciant āśrama.