Shloka 2

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच मोक्षधर्मेषु नियतो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रिय: । प्राप्नोति ब्रह्मण: स्थान तत्परं प्रकृतेर्ध्ुवम्‌,भीष्मजीने कहा--युधिष्ठिर! जो पुरुष मिताहारी और जितेन्द्रिय होकर मोक्षोपयोगी धर्मोंके पालनमें संलग्न रहता है, वही प्रकृतिसे परे अविनाशी ब्रह्मपदको प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca: mokṣadharmeṣu niyato laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ | prāpnoti brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ tat-paraṃ prakṛter dhruvam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : «Yudhiṣṭhira ! L’homme qui s’astreint aux dharmas menant à la délivrance—mangeant avec mesure et maîtrisant ses sens—atteint la demeure de Brahman, au-delà de la Prakṛti et éternelle.»

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

मोक्षधर्मेषुin the dharmas leading to liberation

नियतःdisciplined, restrained

लघ्वाहारःone of light/moderate diet

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

प्राप्नोतिattains

ब्रह्मणःof Brahman

स्थानम्state, abode, position

तत्that

परम्supreme, beyond

प्रकृतेःof Prakriti (nature)

ध्रुवम्fixed, eternal, imperishable

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Brahman

Prakriti

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?

Liberation is attained through disciplined adherence to moksha-oriented dharmas, especially moderation in food and mastery of the senses; such self-restraint leads to the imperishable state of Brahman beyond material nature (Prakriti).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on moksha-dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira, stating that a regulated, temperate, sense-controlled life devoted to liberation culminates in realizing/attaining Brahman.