Shloka 2

Devanagari script

मोक्षधर्मेषु कुशलो भगवान प्रब्रवीतु मे । यथा मे मनस: शान्ति: परमा सम्भवेत्‌ प्रभो

Transliteration

mokṣadharmeṣu kuśalo bhagavān prabravītu me | yathā me manasaḥ śāntiḥ paramā sambhavet prabho ||

Translation

Wahai Tuan, Engkau mahir dalam dharma pembebasan; ajarkanlah aku, agar kedamaian batin yang tertinggi dapat timbul dalam diriku.

Word by Word

मोक्षधर्मेषुin the doctrines of liberation

कुशलःskilled

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

प्रब्रवीतुmay (he) speak / let (him) tell

मेto me

यथाso that / in such a way that

मेof me / my

मनसःof (my) mind

शान्तिःpeace

परमाsupreme

सम्भवेत्might arise / may come to be

प्रभोO Lord

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Bhagavān (the Lord/teacher being addressed)

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 verse frames mokṣa-dharma as a practical discipline: liberation-oriented teaching is sought not as theory but to generate ‘paramā śānti’—the highest inner peace. It emphasizes humility before a qualified spiritual authority and the ethical aim of calming and purifying the mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma addresses a revered ‘Bhagavān’ and requests instruction in liberation-teachings, explicitly stating his goal: the arising of supreme mental peace.