Shloka 98

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

Devanagari script

दृष्टमेतत्‌ पुरा देवैर्गमिष्यति यमक्षयम्‌ । यद्‌ दृष्ट हि पुरा पार्थ तत्‌ तथा न तदन्यथा,इस बातको देवताओंने पहलेसे ही देख रखा है। भीष्म इसी प्रकार यमलोकको जायँगे। पार्थ!! जिसे देवताओंने देखा है, वह उसी प्रकार होगा। उसे कोई बदल नहीं सकता

Transliteration

dṛṣṭam etat purā devair gamiṣyati yamakṣayam | yad dṛṣṭaṃ hi purā pārtha tat tathā na tad anyathā ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “This has long ago been foreseen by the gods: Bhīṣma will depart to the imperishable realm of Yama. O Pārtha, what the gods have already seen will come to pass exactly so—never otherwise. No one can alter it.”

Word by Word

दृष्टम्seen, foreseen

एतत्this

पुराformerly, earlier

देवैःby the gods

गमिष्यतिwill go

यमक्षयम्to Yama's abode (Yamaloka)

यत्that which

दृष्टम्seen, foreseen

हिindeed, for

पुराformerly

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

तत्that

तथाthus, in that manner

नnot

तत्that

अन्यथाotherwise

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Devas

Bhīṣma

Yama

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Yamaloka (implied by yamakṣayam)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes