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Shloka 13

शुकस्य योगसिद्धिः (Śuka’s Yogic Attainment and Ascent)

Devanagari script

एवं भूतेषु भूतात्मा नित्यभूतो<च्रुवेषु च । कथं हि हृष्येज्जातेषु मृतेषु च कथं ज्वरेत्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ bhūteṣu bhūtātmā nityabhūto 'dhruveṣu ca | kathaṁ hi hṛṣyej jāteṣu mṛteṣu ca kathaṁ jvaret ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Si todos los seres encarnados son perecederos, ¿cómo podría el Ser eterno que mora en ellos alegrarse con justicia cuando nacen, y por qué habría de arder en pena cuando mueren? Los sabios, al ver la inestabilidad de las condiciones mundanas y la continuidad del Ser interior, no dejan que el gozo y el dolor nazcan del nacimiento y la muerte.»

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

भूतेषुin beings

भूतात्माthe being-souled one (the Self in beings)

नित्यभूतःever-existent

ध्रुवेषुamong the fixed/inevitable (states)

चand

कथम्how?

हिindeed, for

हृष्येत्would rejoice

जातेषुwhen (they are) born; among the born

मृतेषुwhen (they are) dead; among the dead

चand

कथम्how?

ज्वरेत्would grieve; would be distressed

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The indwelling Self is eternal, while embodied beings and their conditions are impermanent; therefore one should not be carried away by elation at birth or grief at death, cultivating steadiness through discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and right conduct, Bhishma continues advising the listener on wisdom and emotional restraint, framing birth and death as events in the perishable realm that should not disturb one who understands the Self.