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Shloka 3

जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction

अभिद्रवत्ययस्कान्तमयो निश्चेतनं यथा । स्वभावहेतुजा भावा यद्वदन्यदपीदृशम्‌

abhidravaty ayaskāntam ayo niścetanaṃ yathā | svabhāva-hetujā bhāvā yadvad anyad apīdṛśam ||

ភីṣ្មៈបាននិយាយថា «ដូចដែក ទោះអចេតនាក៏ដោយ ក៏រត់ទៅរកអាយស្កាន្ត (មេដែក) ដែរ; ដូច្នេះដែរ ពេលរាងកាយកើតមាន សំស្ការៈធម្មជាតិរបស់ជីវៈ រួមទាំងអវិទ្យា កាមៈ និងអានុភាពនៃកម្មអតីតជាដើម ត្រូវបានទាញមកភ្ជាប់ជាប់នឹងវា»។

अभिद्रवतिruns/flows towards, is drawn towards
अभिद्रवति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअभि+द्रु (धातु)
FormLat (present), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada
अयस्कान्तम्to the magnet (lodestone)
अयस्कान्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअयस्कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अयःiron
अयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
निश्चेतनम्insentient, unconscious
निश्चेतनम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिश्चेतन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
स्वभावहेतुजाःarising from (one's) nature as the cause
स्वभावहेतुजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वभावहेतुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
भावाःstates/qualities/dispositions
भावाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
यद्वत्in the same way as
यद्वत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद्वत्
अन्यत्other (thing)
अन्यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
ईदृशम्such/like this
ईदृशम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, nominative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
A
ayaskānta (magnet)
A
ayas (iron)

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma teaches that bondage is not random: when embodiment occurs, innate tendencies (svabhāva/samskāra) and afflictions like ignorance and desire naturally ‘attach’ themselves, propelled by causal forces such as karma—much like iron is compelled toward a magnet.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation-oriented ethics and self-knowledge, Bhīṣma explains to the listener how psychological and karmic forces arise with embodiment, using a vivid physical analogy (iron and magnet) to clarify inevitability and causation.