Shloka 20

भूमौ च जायते सर्व भूमौ सर्व विनश्यति । भूमि: प्रतिष्ठा भूतानां भूमिरेव परायणम्‌,सब कुछ इस भूमिपर ही उत्पन्न होता है और भूमिमें ही विलीन होता है। भूमि ही सब प्राणियोंकी प्रतिष्ठा और भूमि ही सबका परम आश्रय है

bhūmau ca jāyate sarvaṁ bhūmau sarva vinaśyati | bhūmiḥ pratiṣṭhā bhūtānāṁ bhūmir eva parāyaṇam ||

Sañjaya sprach: „Alles wird auf der Erde geboren, und auf der Erde vergeht alles. Die Erde ist die Grundlage der Wesen, und die Erde allein ist ihre letzte Zuflucht.“

भूमौon/in the earth
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भूमौon/in the earth
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विनश्यतिperishes/is destroyed
विनश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootनश्
FormPresent (Lat), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
भूमिःthe earth
भूमिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
प्रतिष्ठाsupport/foundation
प्रतिष्ठा:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिष्ठा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भूतानाम्of beings/creatures
भूतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
भूमिःthe earth
भूमिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/alone
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
परायणम्supreme refuge/resort
परायणम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपरायण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
B
Bhumi (Earth)
B
Bhuta (beings/creatures)

Educational Q&A

Everything that lives arises from the earth and returns to it; recognizing the earth as the common foundation and final refuge encourages humility, detachment from arrogance, and ethical restraint—especially relevant when passions of war and victory threaten to eclipse awareness of mortality.

Sanjaya, narrating events to Dhritarashtra, offers a reflective statement about the earth as the origin and end of all beings, functioning as a sobering reminder within the war narrative that all combatants share the same fate and dependence on the same ground.