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Shloka 17

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

न चैवमिष्यते ब्रह्म शरीराश्रयसम्भवम्‌ । न यत्नसाध्यं तद्‌ ब्रह्म नादिमध्यं न चान्तवत्‌

na caivamiṣyate brahma śarīrāśrayasambhavam | na yatnasādhyaṃ tad brahma nādimadhyaṃ na cāntavat ||

Bhīṣma sprach: Brahman ist nicht als etwas zu denken, das aus einer leiblichen Grundlage hervorgebracht wird oder vom Körper abhängt. Dieses Brahman ist nicht durch bloße Anstrengung zu erlangen wie ein hergestelltes Ergebnis; es ist ohne Anfang und ohne Mitte und nicht etwas, das zu einem Ende kommt.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
इष्यतेis accepted/considered
इष्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormLat, Atmanepada, 3, singular, Kartari (middle usage)
ब्रह्मBrahman
ब्रह्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
शरीराश्रयसम्भवम्arising from dependence on the body
शरीराश्रयसम्भवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्भव
Formneuter, accusative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यत्नसाध्यम्attainable by effort
यत्नसाध्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसाध्य
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
ब्रह्मBrahman
ब्रह्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आदिbeginning
आदि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआदि
Formneuter, accusative, singular
मध्यम्middle
मध्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
Formneuter, accusative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्तवत्having an end, finite
अन्तवत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्तवत्
Formneuter, nominative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Brahman

Educational Q&A

Brahman is not a product of the body or any material support, nor a finite achievement manufactured by effort; it is beginningless, not bounded by temporal stages (beginning/middle/end), and not subject to cessation.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and highest reality, Bhīṣma continues his philosophical teaching, correcting misconceptions that the absolute arises from the body or is merely an outcome of strenuous practice, and instead characterizes Brahman as eternal and unconditioned.