Shloka 99

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

शक्‍्यं चाल्पेन कालेन शान्तिं प्राप्तुं गुणार्थिना । एवमुक्तेन कौन्तेय युक्तज्ञानेन मोक्षिणा

Transliteration

śakyaṃ cālpena kālena śāntiṃ prāptuṃ guṇārthinā | evam uktena kaunteya yukta-jñānena mokṣiṇā ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: Para quien busca la verdadera excelencia, es posible alcanzar la paz en poco tiempo. Oh hijo de Kuntī, un buscador apto para la liberación—dotado del conocimiento recién expuesto e integrado debidamente en la vida—puede llegar pronto a la suprema tranquilidad.

Word by Word

• शक्यम्: possible
• शक्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अल्पेन: with a little (short)
• अल्पेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कालेन: time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तुम्: to attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप
• Form: Infinitive

• गुणार्थिना: by one who seeks spiritual excellence/merit
• गुणार्थिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुणार्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तेन: by what has been said/taught
• उक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युक्तज्ञानेन: by one endowed with disciplined/appropriate knowledge
• युक्तज्ञानेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्तज्ञान
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मोक्षिणा: by a seeker of liberation / one fit for moksha
• मोक्षिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that supreme peace is not distant: a person who genuinely seeks inner excellence and is qualified for liberation can attain tranquility quickly when the taught knowledge is not merely heard but properly integrated into conduct and understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma addresses the son of Kuntī and concludes a strand of teaching by affirming its practical efficacy: the knowledge just expounded, when rightly assimilated by a mokṣa-seeker, leads swiftly to peace.