Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचया: पतनान्ता: समुच्छुया: । संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम्‌,संग्रहका अन्त है विनाश। ऊँचे चढ़नेका अन्त है नीचे गिरना। संयोगका अन्त है वियोग और जीवनका अन्त है मरण

Transliteration

sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ | saṃyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṃ hi jīvitam ||

Translation

सर्व संग्रहांचा शेवट क्षय आहे; उंचावण्याचा शेवट पतन आहे. संयोगाचा शेवट वियोग आहे आणि जीवनाचा शेवट मरणच आहे.

Word by Word

सर्वेall

क्षय-अन्ताःending in destruction

निचयाःaccumulations, collections

पतन-अन्ताःending in falling

समुच्छ्रयाःelevations, risings, exaltations

संयोगाःunions, associations

विप्रयोग-अन्ताःending in separation

मरण-अन्तम्ending in death

हिindeed, for

जीवितम्life

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

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?

Everything conditioned is impermanent: wealth diminishes, high status declines, relationships separate, and life ends in death. The ethical implication is to reduce attachment and pride, and to ground oneself in dharma and inner steadiness rather than transient gains.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Narada delivers a reflective maxim to guide the listener toward dispassion (vairāgya) and clear judgment, emphasizing the inevitable endings that accompany worldly attainments and human life.