Shloka 2

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

मोक्षधर्मेषु कुशलो भगवान प्रब्रवीतु मे । यथा मे मनस: शान्ति: परमा सम्भवेत्‌ प्रभो

Transliteration

mokṣadharmeṣu kuśalo bhagavān prabravītu me | yathā me manasaḥ śāntiḥ paramā sambhavet prabho ||

Translation

പ്രഭോ! നിങ്ങൾ മോക്ഷധർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ നിപുണനാണ്; എനിക്കു ഉപദേശം അരുളുക—എന്റെ മനസ്സിൽ പരമശാന്തി ഉദിക്കുവാൻ.

Word by Word

• मोक्षधर्मेषु: in the doctrines of liberation
• मोक्षधर्मेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• कुशलः: skilled
• कुशलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रब्रवीतु: may (he) speak / let (him) tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• यथा: so that / in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मनसः: of (my) mind
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शान्तिः: peace
• शान्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परमा: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्भवेत्: might arise / may come to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू
• Form: Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रभो: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhagavān (the Lord/teacher being addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames mokṣa-dharma as a practical discipline: liberation-oriented teaching is sought not as theory but to generate ‘paramā śānti’—the highest inner peace. It emphasizes humility before a qualified spiritual authority and the ethical aim of calming and purifying the mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma addresses a revered ‘Bhagavān’ and requests instruction in liberation-teachings, explicitly stating his goal: the arising of supreme mental peace.