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Shloka 42

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

भीष्म उवाच एतदुक्तं परं ब्रह्म यस्मान्नावर्तते पुनः । पज्चविंशो महाराज परमर्षिनिदर्शनात्‌

bhīṣma uvāca etad uktaṃ paraṃ brahma yasmān nāvartate punaḥ | pañcaviṃśo mahārāja paramarṣinidarśanāt ||

ビーシュマは言った。「これは至上のブラフマンであると宣言された。そこに到達した者は、もはや再び戻らない。大王よ、これは最上の聖仙たちの見解/教示に示される第二十五の原理である。」

भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उक्तम्has been said / stated
उक्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
परम्supreme
परम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)
ब्रह्म:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यस्मात्from which
यस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आवर्ततेreturns / comes back
आवर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootआवृत्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
पञ्चविंशःthe twenty-fifth (principle/entity)
पञ्चविंशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चविंश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
परमर्षि-निदर्शनात्from the teaching/indication of the supreme sages
परमर्षि-निदर्शनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपरमर्षिनिदर्शन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
M
Mahārāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
B
Brahman
P
Paramarṣis (supreme sages)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma identifies the Supreme Brahman as the liberating reality: attaining it ends return to repeated worldly existence. He further frames it as the ‘twenty-fifth’ principle, aligning the teaching with a tattva-based (Sāṅkhya-like) enumeration recognized by the highest sages.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhishma continues a philosophical exposition on ultimate reality and liberation, citing the authority of great seers and presenting Brahman as the final goal beyond rebirth.