Shloka 31
धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)
Devanagari script
भविष्यतां वर्ततां च भूतानां चैव भारत
Transliteration
bhaviṣyatāṁ vartatāṁ ca bhūtānāṁ caiva bhārata
Translation
हे भारत! यह भविष्य में होनेवाले, वर्तमान में स्थित, और भूतकाल में हो चुके समस्त प्राणियों के विषय में है।
Word by Word
भविष्यताम्of the future (beings/things)
भविष्यताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभविष्यत्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
वर्तताम्of the present (beings/things)
वर्तताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवर्तमान
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
भूतानाम्of past beings/things
भूतानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
अर्जुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhārata (addressee, descendant of Bharata)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
The line frames the discussion as universally applicable across time—future, present, and past—implying that the ethical principle under consideration is not situational but grounded in a timeless moral order affecting all beings.
Arjuna addresses the listener as “Bhārata” and introduces a point meant to encompass all beings across the three times, signaling a shift from a personal concern to a comprehensive, time-spanning ethical or metaphysical claim.