Shloka 32

Devanagari script

इति बुद्धिगती: सर्वा व्याख्याता यावतीरिह । एतद्‌ बुद्ध्वा भवेद्‌ बुद्धः किमन्यद्‌ बुद्धलक्षणम्‌,इस प्रकार बुद्धिकी जितनी अवस्थाएँ हैं उनकी व्याख्या यहाँ कर दी गयी। यह सब जानकर मनुष्य ज्ञानी हो जाता है। इसके सिवा ज्ञानीका और क्या लक्षण हो सकता है?

Transliteration

iti buddhigatīḥ sarvā vyākhyātā yāvatīr iha | etad buddhvā bhaved buddhaḥ kim anyad buddhalakṣaṇam ||

Translation

ಹೀಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಬುದ್ಧಿಯ ಎಲ್ಲ ಗತಿಗಳೂ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗಳೂ ವಿವರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ। ಇದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದವನು ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಜ್ಞಾನಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಇದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಬೇರೆ ಜ್ಞಾನಲಕ್ಷಣವೇನು ಇರಬಹುದು?

Word by Word

इतिthus

बुद्धि-गतयःthe courses/states of intellect

सर्वाःall

व्याख्याताःexplained/expounded

यावतीःas many as

इहhere

एतत्this (all)

बुद्ध्वाhaving known/understood

भवेत्would become

बुद्धःwise/knowing

किम्what

अन्यत्other (else)

बुद्ध-लक्षणम्mark/characteristic of the wise

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wisdom is defined by clear understanding: once the workings and states of the intellect are properly understood, that very knowledge constitutes the essential mark of a wise person.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, Bhishma concludes a prior exposition on the various ‘courses’ or states of buddhi (intellect), telling the listener that grasping this teaching itself is the decisive criterion of being truly wise.