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Shloka 45

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

यौवनस्थांश्व बालांश्व वृद्धान्‌ गर्भगतानपि । सर्वानाविशते मृत्युरेवंभूतमिदं जगत्‌,यह कराल काल युवा, बालक, वृद्ध और गर्भस्थ शिशु--सबमें प्रवेश करता है। इस संसारकी ऐसी ही दशा है

yauvanasthāṁś ca bālāṁś ca vṛddhān garbhagatān api | sarvān āviśate mṛtyur evaṁbhūtam idaṁ jagat ||

മരണം യൗവനസ്ഥരിലും കുട്ടികളിലും വൃദ്ധരിലും ഗർഭസ്ഥ ശിശുക്കളിലും—എല്ലാവരിലും പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെയാണീ ലോകത്തിന്റെ നില.

यौवनस्थान्those situated in youth (the young)
यौवनस्थान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootयौवनस्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बालान्children
बालान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वृद्धान्the old (elderly persons)
वृद्धान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्ध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
गर्भगतान्those gone into the womb (fetuses)
गर्भगतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगर्भगत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सर्वान्all (of them)
सर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
आविशतेenters/overcomes
आविशते:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-विश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
मृत्युःdeath
मृत्युः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवंभूतम्such/so constituted
एवंभूतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएवंभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जगत्world
जगत्:
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
M
Mṛtyu (Death)
J
Jagat (the world)

Educational Q&A

Death is universal and impartial: it reaches the unborn, the young, the mature, and the old alike. The ethical implication is urgency in practicing dharma and cultivating detachment, since life’s duration is uncertain.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhishma underscores the inescapability of death and the fearsome nature of time, using it as a reflective teaching to orient the listener toward righteous living and inner steadiness.