Shloka 14

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

तद्‌ ब्रह्म परम॑ प्रोक्त तद्धाम परमं पदम्‌ । तद्‌ गत्वा कालविषयाद्‌ विमुक्ता मोक्षमाश्रिता:

Transliteration

tad brahma paramaṁ proktaṁ taddhāma paramaṁ padam | tad gatvā kālaviṣayād vimuktā mokṣam āśritāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Das wird als das höchste Brahman verkündet — seine eigene höchste Wohnstatt, der letzte Zustand. Wer es erreicht, wird aus dem Bereich der Zeit befreit und nimmt Zuflucht in der Befreiung (mokṣa).“

Word by Word

• तत्: that (reality)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रोक्तम्: is said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• धाम: abode/splendor
• धाम: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पदम्: state/goal/position
• पदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (to it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• काल-विषयात्: from the domain of time
• काल-विषयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + विषय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• विमुक्ताः: freed/released
• विमुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रिताः: having resorted to/attained
• आश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: Past active participle (क्त, parasmaipada sense), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahman
• Time (Kāla)
• Mokṣa