Shloka 41

Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech

Devanagari script

गतानृषींस्तथा देवानसुरांश्व तथा गतान्‌ । लोकादस्मात्‌ परं लोकं यः पश्यति स मुच्यते,“कितने ही ऋषि देवता तथा असुर इस लोकसे परलोकको चले गये। जो सदा यह देखता और स्मरण रखता है वह मुक्त हो जाता है”

Transliteration

gatān ṛṣīn tathā devān asurāṁś ca tathā gatān | lokād asmāt paraṁ lokaṁ yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Many sages, gods, and even asuras have departed from this world to the world beyond. One who continually keeps this truth in view—seeing the passage of all beings from here to the next—becomes freed.”

Word by Word

गतान्gone, departed

ऋषीन्sages

तथाlikewise, also

देवान्gods

असुरान्asuras, demons

चand

तथाlikewise, also

गतान्gone, departed

लोकात्from the world

अस्मात्from this

परम्other, further

लोकम्world

यःwho

पश्यतिsees, observes

सःhe

मुच्यतेis freed, is released

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

ऋ

ऋषि (sages)

द

देव (gods)

अ

असुर (asuras)

इ

इह लोक (this world)

प

पर लोक (the world beyond)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes