Shloka 24

Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse

Devanagari script

विशन्ति चावशा: पार्थ योगाद्‌ योगबलान्विता: । प्रजापतीनृषीन्‌ देवान्‌ महाभूतानि चेश्वरा:

Transliteration

viśanti cāvaśāḥ pārtha yogād yogabalānvitāḥ | prajāpati-nṛṣīn devān mahābhūtāni ceśvarāḥ, kuntīnandana |

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ປາຣຖະ! ຜູ້ເປັນນາຍຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນເກີດຈາກໂຍຄະ ແລະກະທຳຕາມໃຈປາຖະໜາ ສາມາດເຂົ້າໄປສູ່ພຣະປຣະຊາປະຕິ (Prajāpati), ນັກດູກສິ (ṛṣi), ເທວະດາ ແລະແມ່ນແຕ່ມະຫາພູຕະ (ທາດໃຫຍ່) ໄດ້ດ້ວຍໂຍຄະ. ໂອ ລູກຂອງກຸນຕີ! ໂຍຄະໃຫ້ຄວາມສາມາດແກ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າໃນການແຜ່ຊຶມ ແລະຮັບເອົາສະພາບອັນສູງສົ່ງເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ».

Word by Word

• विशन्ति: they enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (प्रवेशने)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अवशाः: unrestrained; at will
• अवशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवश
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पार्थ: O Partha (son of Pritha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: पुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• योगात्: from/through yoga
• योगात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: पुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• योगबलान्विताः: endowed with the power of yoga
• योगबलान्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगबलान्वित
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• प्रजापतीन्: Prajapatis
• प्रजापतीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• देवान्: gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• महाभूतानि: the great elements
• महाभूतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभूत
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ईश्वराः: lords; masters (powerful ones)
• ईश्वराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Kuntīnandana (Arjuna)
• Prajāpatis
• Ṛṣis
• Devas
• Mahābhūtas (pañca-mahābhūta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma highlights the extraordinary reach of yogic mastery: through disciplined Yoga, a perfected person gains yogabala (spiritual power) enabling voluntary ‘entry’ or pervasion of higher beings and even the fundamental elements—signifying profound control over consciousness and embodiment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira’s side (with Arjuna addressed here), Bhīṣma is describing the capacities of accomplished yogins. He states that such masters, by yogic power, can penetrate or assume the states associated with Prajāpatis, sages, gods, and the five great elements.