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Shloka 98

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

शिष्टं तत्र मनस्तात इन्द्रियाणि च भारत । आगच्छन्ति यथाकालं गुरो: संदेशकारिण:

Transliteration

śiṣṭaṃ tatra manas tāta indriyāṇi ca bhārata | āgacchanti yathākālaṃ guroḥ saṃdeśakāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ລູກເອີຍ, ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ, ທີ່ນັ້ນ ໃຈ ແລະ ອິນທຣີຍ ຍັງເຫຼືອເປັນເສດສ່ວນ. ໂອ ຜູ້ສືບສາຍພາຣະຕະ, ພວກມັນມາແລະໄປຕາມກາລະ—ເຫມືອນສິດທີ່ກະທຳຕາມຄຳສັ່ງຂອງອາຈານເທົ່ານັ້ນ.

Word by Word

शिष्टम्remaining, left over

तत्रthere, in that state

मनःmind

तातdear one (address)

इन्द्रियाणिsense-organs

चand

भारतO Bharata

आगच्छन्तिthey come, arrive

यथाas, according to

कालम्time (at the proper time)

गुरोःof the teacher

सन्देशकारिणःmessage-carriers; those who carry out (the teacher's) instruction

भरतनन्दनO delight of Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

guru

śiṣya (disciples, implied by comparison)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even for one who is liberated while living, the mind and senses may continue to function due to residual momentum (prārabdha). Yet they no longer rule the person; they operate in an orderly, time-bound way, like disciplined students obeying a guru.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, he explains the post-realization condition: the self is established in the Supreme, while the remaining psycho-physical instruments (mind and senses) continue their limited activity until the body’s destined course ends.