Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सिद्धा होते महाभागा: पुरा होकान्तिनो5भवन्‌ | तमोरजोभिरननिमिुक्ता मां प्रवेक्ष्यन्त्यसंशयम्‌,“यहाँ निवास करनेवाले ये सभी महाभाग सिद्ध हो चुके हैं। ये पहले भी मेरे अनन्य भक्त रहे हैं। ये तमोगुण और रजोगुणसे मुक्त हैं; अतः निःसंदेह मुझमें ही प्रवेश करेंगे

Transliteration

siddhā hote mahābhāgāḥ purā hy ekāntino 'bhavan | tamo-rajobhir anirmuktā māṁ pravekṣyanty asaṁśayam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “All these blessed beings who dwell here have already attained perfection. Even in former times they were my exclusive devotees. Freed from the darkness of tamas and the agitation of rajas, they will, without doubt, enter into Me alone.”

Word by Word

सिद्धाःaccomplished, perfected

होतेare / become

महाभागाःgreatly fortunate ones

पुराformerly, earlier

चand

अकान्तिनःnot desiring (anything else), without other longing

अभवन्were, became

तमःby tamas (darkness/ignorance quality)

रजःby rajas (passion/activity quality)

भिःwith/by (instrumental plural ending)

अननिमुक्ताःnot released (i.e., not freed) (as written in the text)

माम्me

प्रवेक्ष्यन्तिwill enter

असंशयम्without doubt, certainly

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

mahābhāgāḥ (blessed perfected beings)

mām (the Supreme/Divine ‘Me’)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-pointed devotion and purification from the guṇas—especially tamas and rajas—lead the perfected to certain union with the Supreme; liberation is presented as assured for those who are steadfast and purified.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, while instructing on dharma and liberation themes in Śānti Parva, describes a group of blessed perfected residents as long-standing exclusive devotees who, being free from tamas and rajas, will certainly attain entry into the Divine.