Bhishma Parva Adhyaya 26 Shloka 15 - Mahabharata | Marathi | Vedapath

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Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुष पुरुषर्षभ । समदुःखसुखं धीरं सो$मृतत्वाय कल्पते

Transliteration

yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣa puruṣarṣabha | samaduḥkhasukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate ||

Translation

हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ! ज्याला हे इंद्रिय-विषय-संयोग व्याकुळ करत नाहीत, जो सुख-दुःखात समभाव ठेवणारा धीर आहे, तोच अमृतत्व म्हणजे मोक्षास योग्य ठरतो.

Word by Word

यम्whom

हिindeed/for

नnot

व्यथयन्तिafflict/disturb

एतेthese

पुरुषO man

पुरुषर्षभO bull among men (best of men)

समदुःखसुखम्equal in pain and pleasure

धीरम्steadfast/wise

सःhe

अमृतत्वायfor immortality (liberation)

कल्पतेis fit/qualifies

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

puruṣa (the person addressed)

puruṣarṣabha (best of men)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person who is not shaken by sense-experiences and who maintains equanimity in pleasure and pain is spiritually mature and becomes qualified for liberation (amṛtatva/mokṣa).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the discourse narrated by Sanjaya, a teaching is being stated about inner steadiness: amid the pressures of experience (especially relevant in the war setting), the ideal person remains undisturbed and thus becomes fit for the highest goal.