Shloka 105

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

Devanagari script

प्रार्थयन्तश्न तं विप्रा वदन्ति गुणबुद्धय: । सम्यग्युक्तास्तथा योगा: सांख्याश्चञामितदर्शना:

Transliteration

prārthayantaś ca taṃ viprā vadanti guṇabuddhayaḥ | samyagyuktās tathā yogāḥ sāṅkhyāś ca jñāmitadarśanāḥ ||

Translation

അവനെ തേടുന്ന വിപ്ര ഋഷികൾ പറയുന്നു—അവന്റെ ബുദ്ധി ഗുണത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതമാണ്. കൂടാതെ ശരിയായി പ്രയോഗിക്കപ്പെട്ട യോഗശാസ്ത്രവും, അമിതദർശനമായ സാംഖ്യവും—ഇരണ്ടും അതേ യഥാർത്ഥ വിവേകത്തിലേക്കാണ് നയിക്കുന്നത് എന്ന് അവർ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

प्रार्थयन्तःrequesting, entreating

चand

तम्him

विप्राःbrahmins, sages

वदन्तिsay, speak

गुणबुद्धयःthose whose understanding is of qualities/virtues

सम्यक्properly, rightly

युक्ताःyoked, disciplined, well-composed

तथाthus, likewise

योगाःyogins / practitioners of yoga (or: yogas)

सांख्याःfollowers of Sāṅkhya

चand

अनिमितदर्शनाःwhose vision is not based on (external) marks; of unconditioned insight

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

viprāḥ (brahmin sages)

Yoga

Sāṅkhya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right understanding is praised as grounded in virtue and discernment, and both properly practiced Yoga and the knowledge-oriented Sāṅkhya are affirmed as valid, converging disciplines that cultivate true insight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues his instruction in the Śānti Parva, describing how learned brahmins speak about the sought-after ideal (a person or principle previously under discussion) and how established paths—Yoga and Sāṅkhya—are recognized as means to correct vision and knowledge.