Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यथा मतानि सर्वाणि तथैतानि यथा तथा । कथितानि मया पुत्र भवन्ति न भवन्ति च,बेटा! सारे विभिन्न मत जैसे रहे हैं, वैसे ही मेरेद्वारा तुम्हारे समक्ष यथार्थरूपसे बताये गये हैं। जो इन मतोंका अनुसरण करते हैं; वे मुक्त हो जाते हैं, जो नहीं करते हैं, वे नहीं होते

Transliteration

yathā matāni sarvāṇi tathaitāni yathā tathā | kathitāni mayā putra bhavanti na bhavanti ca ||

Translation

Vyāsa berkata: “Sebagaimana adanya pelbagai doktrin itu, demikianlah telah aku bentangkan—tepat sebagaimana ia wujud, menurut caranya masing-masing, wahai anakku. Mereka yang hidup selaras dengan ajaran ini mencapai kesempurnaan (pembebasan); mereka yang tidak, tidak mencapainya.”

Word by Word

यथाas, just as

मतानिopinions, doctrines

सर्वाणिall

तथाso, thus

एतानिthese

यथाas

तथाso, in that manner

कथितानिtold, stated

मयाby me

पुत्रO son

भवन्तिthey become / they are

नnot

भवन्तिthey become / they are

चand

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

putra (addressed son)

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?

Vyāsa emphasizes faithful transmission of diverse philosophical positions and asserts a practical criterion: those who follow the taught path attain the intended spiritual result (such as liberation), while those who do not follow it fail to attain that result.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa addresses his ‘son’ and concludes or summarizes an exposition of multiple viewpoints, stating that he has presented them as they are and linking adherence to attainment.