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Shloka 36

Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati

Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal

एते भावा जगत्‌ सर्व वहन्ति सचराचरम्‌ | श्रिता विरजसं देव॑ यमाहु: प्रकृतेः परम्‌

ete bhāvā jagat sarva vahanti sacarācaram | śritā virajasaṃ devaṃ yam āhuḥ prakṛteḥ param ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഈ ഭാവങ്ങളും തത്ത്വങ്ങളും ചലിക്കുന്നതും അചലമായതുമായ സർവ്വജഗത്തിനെ താങ്ങുന്നു. അവ എല്ലാം പ്രകൃതിക്കപ്പുറമാണെന്ന് ജ്ഞാനികൾ പറയുന്ന, രജസ്സില്ലാത്ത നിർമ്മല ദേവനെ ആശ്രയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.

एतेthese
एते:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भावाःentities; states; principles
भावाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
जगत्the world
जगत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सर्वम्entire; all
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वहन्तिcarry; sustain; bear
वहन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootवह्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
सचराचरम्with the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
सचराचरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस-चर-अचर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
श्रिताःhaving resorted to; dependent on
श्रिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रि (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विरजसम्free from rajas (passion/impurity)
विरजसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविरजस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
देवम्the god; the divine one
देवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आहुःthey say; they call
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
प्रकृतेःfrom/than Prakriti (primordial nature)
प्रकृतेः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Ablative, Singular
परम्higher; beyond; supreme
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
D
Deva (the Divine Being)
P
Prakriti

Educational Q&A

All cosmic functions and the entire animate–inanimate world are upheld by deeper principles, yet ultimately depend upon a transcendent, rajas-free Divine reality that stands beyond material nature (Prakriti).

In Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues his philosophical exposition to Yudhishthira, explaining the metaphysical basis of the universe and pointing to a supreme principle beyond Prakriti upon which all states of existence rely.