Shloka 383

Devanagari script

न तत्राभ्यधिक: कक्षित्‌ सर्वे ते समतेजस: । “हमलोगोंने तो यही समझा कि यह द्वीप तेजका ही निवासस्थान है। वहाँ कोई किसीसे बढ़कर नहीं था। सबका तेज समान था

Transliteration

na tatrābhyadhikaḥ kaścit sarve te samatejasaḥ |

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「そこでは、誰ひとり他より勝る者はなく、皆が等しい光輝を具えていた。われらは、その島があたかも純粋な輝きの住処であり、先を争う者なく、内なる力において万人が等しく立つ場所であると悟ったのだ。」

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra

• abhyadhikaḥ: superior, exceeding
• abhyadhikaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhyadhika
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kaścit: anyone, someone
• kaścit: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kaścit
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• te: they
• te: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• samatejasaḥ: of equal splendor/energy
• samatejasaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samatejas
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• dvipah (island)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True excellence is not measured by domination or rank but by inner tejas aligned with dharma; in a perfected or dharmic realm, superiority gives way to equality of spiritual power and dignity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a place (an island) characterized by uniform splendor: no individual outshines or overrules another, and all inhabitants are portrayed as equally radiant, suggesting a harmonized, elevated community.