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Shloka 30

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

सप्त प्रकृतयो होतास्तथा स्वायम्भुवोडष्टम: । एताभिर्धार्यते लोकस्ताभ्य: शास्त्र विनि:सृतम्‌,ये सातों ऋषि प्रकृतिके सात रूप हैं अर्थात्‌ प्रजाके स्रष्टा हैं। आठवाँ ब्रह्मा है। ये सब मिलकर इस सम्पूर्ण जगतको धारण करते हैं। इन्हींके द्वारा शास्त्रका प्राकट्य हुआ है। ये सब-के-सब ऋषि एकाग्रचित्त, जितेन्द्रिय, संयमपरायण, भूत, भविष्य और वर्तमानके ज्ञाता तथा सत्य-धर्ममें तत्पर रहनेवाले हैं

saptaprakṛtayo hotās tathā svāyambhuvo ’ṣṭamaḥ | etābhir dhāryate lokas tābhyaḥ śāstra-viniḥsṛtam ||

Dijo Bhīṣma: «Hay siete principios primordiales (prakṛti), y el octavo es Svāyambhuva (Brahmā). Por ellos se sostiene el mundo, y de ellos han emanado las enseñanzas autorizadas (śāstra). Estos sabios son de mente unificada, dueños de sí, entregados a la disciplina, conocedores del pasado, del futuro y del presente, y firmes en la verdad y el dharma.»

सप्तseven
सप्त:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
प्रकृतयःnatures/constituents (prakṛtis)
प्रकृतयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
होताःofferers/priests (hotṛs)
होताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
स्वायम्भुवःSvāyambhuva (Manu/the self-born one)
स्वायम्भुवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वायम्भुव
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अष्टमःthe eighth
अष्टमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टम
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
एताभिःby these
एताभिः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formfeminine, instrumental, plural
धार्यतेis upheld/sustained
धार्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
Formpresent, passive, third, singular
लोकःthe world
लोकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
ताभ्यःfrom them
ताभ्यः:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formfeminine, ablative, plural
शास्त्रम्the teaching/treatise (śāstra)
शास्त्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र
Formneuter, nominative, singular
विनिःसृतम्has issued forth/emanated
विनिःसृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-नि-√सृ
Formneuter, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle)

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
S
Svāyambhuva (Brahmā)
S
sapta prakṛtayaḥ (seven prakṛtis)
Ś
śāstra
L
loka

Educational Q&A

The cosmos is sustained by fundamental principles (seven prakṛtis) together with the self-born creator (Svāyambhuva/Brahmā), and normative knowledge (śāstra) is presented as emanating from these foundational sources; true sages embody restraint, self-mastery, and commitment to truth and dharma.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues a doctrinal exposition, grounding ethical and scriptural authority in a cosmological framework and describing the qualities of the rishis who uphold and transmit that order.