Shloka 5
न हि देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न च पन्नगा: । प्रभवन्तीह भूतानां प्राप्तानामुत्तमां गतिम्
na hi devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca pannagāḥ | prabhavantīha bhūtānāṃ prāptānām uttamāṃ gatim ||
सूर्य ने कहा—यहाँ उन प्राणियों के विषय में, जिन्होंने उत्तम गति प्राप्त कर ली है, न देव, न गन्धर्व, न असुर और न ही नाग—किसी की भी शक्ति चलती है।
सूर्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the inviolability of the highest spiritual attainment: once a being has reached the supreme state (uttamā gati), no class of powerful beings—divine, semi-divine, demonic, or nāga—can prevent or overturn that fulfillment.
Sūrya is speaking within the Shānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, emphasizing a doctrinal point: spiritual culmination is beyond external interference, even from exalted cosmic beings.