Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यतः: सर्वाणि भूतानि भवन्त्यादियुगागमे । यस्मिंश्व॒ प्रलयं यान्ति पुनरेव युगक्षये

Transliteration

yataḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhavanty ādi-yugāgame | yasmiṁś ca pralayaṁ yānti punar eva yuga-kṣaye ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Aus Ihm gehen alle Wesen hervor beim Anbruch des ersten Zeitalters; und in Ihn gehen sie wieder ein am Ende eines Zeitalters. Wisse: Er ist der letzte Ursprung und die Ruhestätte der Welt.

Word by Word

• यतः: from whom/whence
• यतः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (अपादानार्थे)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भूतानि: beings
• भूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भवन्ति: come into being / arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• आदि-युग-आगमे: at the advent of the first age
• आदि-युग-आगमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय

• प्रलयम्: dissolution, destruction
• प्रलयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यान्ति: go, enter into
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: अव्यय

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: अव्यय

• युग-क्षये: at the end of the age
• युग-क्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• sarva-bhūta (all beings)
• ādi-yuga (primordial age)
• pralaya (cosmic dissolution)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All beings arise from a single ultimate source at the beginning of cosmic time and return into that same reality at dissolution; recognizing this ground of existence supports a dharmic outlook rooted in the larger order of the universe.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction (Anuśāsana Parva), he frames a teaching in cosmic terms—describing the origin and end of beings—to direct the listener toward the supreme principle that underlies moral and spiritual life.