Shloka 22

त्रिवर्गविचारः

Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma

Devanagari script

मैत्रो5थ शीलसम्पन्न: प्रसन्नात्मा55त्मविच्च यः: । मुक्तस्य विविधै: सज्जैस्तस्य प्रेत्य फलं महत्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | maitraḥ atha śīla-sampannaḥ prasannātmā ātmavit ca yaḥ | muktasya vividhaiḥ saṅgais tasya pretya phalaṃ mahat ||

Translation

Quien es amistoso con todos, dotado de buena conducta, sereno de ánimo y conocedor del Sí mismo —libre de apegos diversos— alcanza, tras la muerte, un gran fruto: la liberación.

Word by Word

• मैत्रः: friendly, benevolent
• मैत्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and then / moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• शीलसम्पन्नः: endowed with good conduct
• शीलसम्पन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीलसम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसन्नात्मा: one whose mind/self is serene
• प्रसन्नात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्नात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मवित्: knower of the Self
• आत्मवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुक्तस्य: of the liberated / freed (person)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मुच् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विविधैः: by/with various (kinds of)
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सङ्गैः: attachments, associations
• सङ्गैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रेत्य: having departed (after death)
• प्रेत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-इ (धातु) + ल्यप्

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate universal friendliness, moral character, inner serenity, and Self-knowledge, while becoming free from attachments; such a person attains the supreme posthumous result—moksha.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and the path to the highest good; here he summarizes the qualities of a liberated-minded person and the liberation that follows after death.