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Shloka 10

Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma

Nāḍījaṅgha

सत्य॑ नामाव्ययं नित्यमविकारि तथैव च । सर्वधर्माविरुद्धेन योगेनैतदवाप्यते,नित्य एकरस, अविनाशी और अविकारी होना ही सत्यका लक्षण है। समस्त धर्मोके अनुकूल कर्तव्य-पालनरूप योगके द्वारा इस सत्यकी प्राप्ति होती है

satyaṁ nāmāvyayaṁ nityam avikāri tathaiva ca | sarvadharmāviruddhena yogenaitad avāpyate ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—സത്യമെന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നത് അവ്യയം, നിത്യം, അവികാരിയാണ്. സർവ്വധർമ്മങ്ങളോടും വിരോധമില്ലാത്ത കർത്തവ്യാചരണരൂപ യോഗത്തിലൂടെയാണ് അത് പ്രാപിക്കപ്പെടുന്നത്।

सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नामindeed; by name (emphatic particle)
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामन्
अव्ययम्imperishable; undecaying
अव्ययम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्eternal; constant
नित्यम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अविकारिunchanging; without modification
अविकारि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअविकारिन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्वधर्माविरुद्धेनby (a means) not opposed to all dharmas
सर्वधर्माविरुद्धेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वधर्म-अविरुद्ध
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
योगेनby yoga; by disciplined practice
योगेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयोग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एतत्this (truth)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अवाप्यतेis attained
अवाप्यते:
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (आप्नुयात्/आप्नोति)
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

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Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Truth (satya) is characterized as imperishable, eternal, and unchanging; it is realized through a disciplined way of life (yoga) grounded in duty and conduct that harmonizes with dharma rather than contradicting it.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on righteous living and higher principles, defining the nature of Truth and indicating the practical path—dharma-aligned discipline—by which it is attained.