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Shloka 59

विस्तार: स्थावरस्थाणु: प्रमाणं बीजमव्ययम्‌ । अर्थोडनर्थो महाकोशो महाभोगो महाधन:

vistāraḥ sthāvarasthāṇuḥ pramāṇaṃ bījam avyayam | artho 'nartho mahākośo mahābhogo mahādhanaḥ ||

ビーシュマは言った。「彼は一切に遍満する広がり—不動にして堅固なるものすべての安住の支えである。彼こそ知の規準(プラマーナ)であり、世界の不滅の種子因である。彼は至福そのものとして求められる『義(アルタ)』であり、しかも円満自足ゆえに『無用(アナルト)』でもある。彼は大いなる宝蔵の主、最高の真実の歓喜を享受する者、そして至上の富そのものである。」

विस्तारःexpanse; extension
विस्तारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविस्तार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्थावरस्थाणुःthe immovable and the fixed (pillar-like one)
स्थावरस्थाणुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्थावर-स्थाणु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रमाणम्means of valid knowledge; authority
प्रमाणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमाण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
बीजम्seed; cause
बीजम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबीज
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अव्ययम्imperishable; undecaying
अव्ययम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अर्थःgood; benefit; desired object
अर्थः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनर्थःnon-need; purposelessness (being fully satisfied)
अनर्थः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअनर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाकोशःone with a great treasury; great storehouse
महाकोशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-कोश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाभोगःone of great enjoyment; great bliss
महाभोगः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-भोग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाधनःone of great wealth; great treasure
महाधनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-धन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma (speaker)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the ultimate foundation of the world and of all values—knowledge, prosperity, and enjoyment—is the self-sufficient divine reality. Therefore, ethical life should seek lasting good by orienting desire and action toward that imperishable source rather than toward temporary wealth and pleasures.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and praises the supreme Lord through a sequence of exalted epithets. Here he continues that praise, describing the Lord as the cosmic support, the standard of knowledge, the imperishable cause, and the true treasury and wealth.