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Shloka 16

इन्द्र–बलि संवादः

The Dialogue of Indra and Bali on Fortune, Humility, and Restraint

एवं हि तपसा युक्तमर्कवत्‌ तमस: परम्‌ | त्रैलोक्यप्रकृतिर्देही तमसो<न्‍्ते महेश्वर:,इस प्रकार तपस्यासे युक्त हुआ मन अज्ञानान्धकारसे ऊपर उठकर सूर्यके समान ज्ञानमय प्रकाशसे प्रकाशित होने लगता है। जीवात्मा तीनों लोकोंका कारणभाूत ब्रह्म ही है। वह अज्ञान निवृत्तिके पश्चात्‌ महेश्वर (विशुद्ध परमात्मा) रूपसे प्रतिष्ठित होता है

evaṁ hi tapasā yuktam arkavat tamasaḥ param | trailokya-prakṛtir dehī tamaso 'nte maheśvaraḥ ||

ビーシュマは言った。「心が苦行(タパス)によって鍛えられ統御されると、無明の闇を超えて立ち上がり、太陽のごとき智慧の光を放つ。三界の因なる基盤である具身の自己は、その闇が尽きたのち、マヘーシュヴァラ—完全に清浄なる至上の自己—として確立される。」

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
युक्तम्joined, endowed (with)
युक्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अर्कवत्like the sun
अर्कवत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्कवत्
तमसःfrom darkness / of darkness
तमसः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Ablative/Genitive, Singular
परम्beyond, higher than
परम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
त्रैलोक्यप्रकृतिःthe nature/cause of the three worlds
त्रैलोक्यप्रकृतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रैलोक्य-प्रकृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
देहीthe embodied one (soul)
देही:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तमसःof darkness (ignorance)
तमसः:
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अन्तेat the end
अन्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
महेश्वरःthe Great Lord (Maheshvara)
महेश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
M
Maheśvara
T
trailokya (three worlds)
T
tamas (ignorance/darkness)
A
arka (sun)

Educational Q&A

Austerity (tapas) that truly disciplines the mind lifts it beyond ignorance (tamas) and reveals a sun-like clarity of knowledge; with ignorance ended, the self is established in the highest, purified reality termed Maheśvara.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and inner discipline, Bhīṣma continues advising on how spiritual practice transforms consciousness: the mind becomes luminous, and the embodied self is described as realizing its supreme status when ignorance is extinguished.