Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अन्तकाले हुपासन्ते तपसा दग्धकिल्विषा: । सर्व एते महात्मानो गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम्‌

Transliteration

antakāle hy upāsante tapasā dagdha-kilbiṣāḥ | sarva ete mahātmāno gacchanti paramāṁ gatim ||

Translation

ಅಂತ್ಯಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಪಾಪಗಳು ದಗ್ಧವಾದವರು ಪರಮ ತತ್ತ್ವವನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆ ಮಹಾತ್ಮರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಪರಮ ಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

• अन्तकाले: at the final time (at death)
• अन्तकाले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तकाल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• उपासन्ते: they worship / they attend upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दग्धकिल्विषाः: whose sins are burnt (sin-purified)
• दग्धकिल्विषाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दग्धकिल्विष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गच्छन्ति: they go / attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: state/goal/destination
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahman (implied as the supreme goal)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purification through tapas (disciplined austerity) removes moral impurities, enabling focused upāsanā at life’s end; such purified seekers attain the highest spiritual goal (paramā gati), understood as Brahman-realization or liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction during the Śānti Parva, he describes the fate of spiritually disciplined people: those who have burned away sins through austerity and turn their contemplation toward the Supreme at the final moment reach the supreme destination.