Shloka 12

Adhyāya 241: Guṇa-sṛṣṭi, Kṣetrajña-sākṣitva, and Śama through Ātma-jñāna (गुणसृष्टिः, क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्षित्वं, शमः)

Devanagari script

यत्र गत्वा न ग्रियते यत्र गत्वा न जायते । न पुनर्जायते यत्र यत्र गत्वा न वर्तते,“जहाँ जाकर फिर मृत्युका कष्ट नहीं उठाना पड़ता, जहाँ जानेसे फिर जन्म नहीं होता, जहाँ पुनर्जन्मका भय नहीं रहता तथा जहाँ जाकर मनुष्य फिर इस संसारमें नहीं लौटता

Transliteration

yatra gatvā na mriyate yatra gatvā na jāyate | na punar jāyate yatra yatra gatvā na vartate ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “That is the state which, once reached, one does not die; once reached, one is not born again. There, rebirth does not recur; having gone there, one does not return to worldly existence.”

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

गत्वाhaving gone

नnot

क्रियतेis done / is made / is undergone

यत्रwhere

गत्वाhaving gone

नnot

जायतेis born / comes to be

नnot

पुनःagain

जायतेis born

यत्रwhere

गत्वाhaving gone

नnot

वर्ततेreturns / exists / continues (here: returns)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes