Shloka 21
Devanagari script
यस्मिन् विश्वानि भूतानि तिष्ठन्ति च विशन्ति च
Transliteration
yasmin viśvāni bhūtāni tiṣṭhanti ca viśanti ca
Translation
Bhīṣma sprach: „Das (die höchste Wirklichkeit), in der alle Wesen bestehen und in die sie auch wieder eingehen.“
Word by Word
यस्मिन्in which/wherein
यस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
विश्वानिall
विश्वानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
भूतानिbeings/creatures
भूतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
तिष्ठन्तिstand/abide/remain
तिष्ठन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
विशन्तिenter
विशन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootविश्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
All beings depend upon a single ultimate ground: they exist within it, are sustained by it, and finally return into it. Recognizing this supports equanimity and loosens possessiveness and fear, aligning conduct with dharma and the pursuit of inner peace.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher knowledge after the war. This line occurs within a reflective teaching that shifts attention from transient worldly upheaval to the enduring principle in which the cosmos rests and into which it dissolves.