Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सम्यगन्वीक्षतां बुद्धया शान्तयाध्यात्मनित्यया । ध्यानाभ्यासाभिरामाणां योडमृतत्वाय कल्पते

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | samyag anvīkṣatāṃ buddhyā śāntayā adhyātma-nityayā | dhyānābhyāsābhirāmāṇāṃ yo 'mṛtatvāya kalpate |

Translation

ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ສຳລັບຜູ້ທີ່ພິຈາລະນາຄວາມຈິງຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ ດ້ວຍປັນຍາອັນສະຫງົບ ທີ່ຝັງຢູ່ໃນການພິຈາລະນາພາຍໃນເປັນນິດ ແລະຜູ້ທີ່ຍິນດີໃນການຝຶກສະມາທິຢ່າງສະໝໍ້ສະເໝີ—ພະລັງອັນສູງສຸດນັ້ນຍ່ອມກາຍເປັນຜູ້ສາມາດປະທານອະມະຕະພາບໄດ້»។

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• अन्वीक्षताम्: let them examine/investigate
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्वीक्ष्
• Form: Lot, Parasmaipada, 3, Plural

• बुद्ध्या: by/with the intellect
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शान्तया: by/with a calm (one)
• शान्तया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अध्यात्मनित्यया: ever devoted to the Self/spirituality
• अध्यात्मनित्यया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्यात्मनित्य
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ध्यानाभ्यासाभिरामाणाम्: of those delighting in the practice of meditation
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यानाभ्यासाभिराम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमृतत्वाय: for immortality
• अमृतत्वाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृतत्व
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• कल्पते: is fit/suffices; is capable
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, 3, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Immortality (amṛtatva), understood as liberation beyond death, is attained by those who cultivate a peaceful, inwardly oriented intellect, conduct right inquiry into reality, and remain joyfully steady in meditative practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on liberation and inner discipline, Bhishma continues teaching that the decisive means is not external achievement but inner inquiry (anvīkṣā), tranquility of mind, and sustained meditation leading toward deathlessness.