Shanti Parva Adhyaya 197 Shloka 20 - Mahabharata | Oriya | Vedapath

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Shloka 20

मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः

Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge

Devanagari script

ध्यानक्रियापरो युक्तो ध्यानवान्‌ ध्याननिश्चय: । ध्याने समाधिमुत्पाद्य तदपि त्यजति क्रमात्‌

Transliteration

dhyānakriyāparo yukto dhyānavān dhyānaniścayaḥ | dhyāne samādhimutpādya tad api tyajati kramāt ||

Translation

ସେ ଧ୍ୟାନକ୍ରିୟାରେ ନିତ୍ୟ ତତ୍ପର, ସଂଯମୀ, ଧ୍ୟାନନିଷ୍ଠ ଏବଂ ଦୃଢ଼ନିଶ୍ଚୟୀ ହୁଏ। ଧ୍ୟାନଦ୍ୱାରା ସମାଧି ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ କରି, ପରେ କ୍ରମେ ସେଇ ଧ୍ୟାନକ୍ରିୟାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରେ।

Word by Word

ध्यानक्रियापरःintent on the practice of meditation

युक्तःdisciplined; yoked (in yoga)

ध्यानवान्possessed of meditation; meditative

ध्याननिश्चयःone whose ascertainment is through meditation / whose resolve is meditation-based

ध्यानेin meditation

समाधिम्samadhi; deep absorption

उत्पाद्यhaving produced / having brought about

तत्that (i.e., that samadhi)

अपिeven; also

त्यजतिabandons; gives up

क्रमात्gradually; in due order

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Meditation is a disciplined means that culminates in samādhi and direct insight; once that culmination is reached, even the act of meditating is gradually relinquished—signifying non-attachment to methods and resting in realized awareness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma continues advising on yogic practice: he describes the practitioner’s progression from sustained meditation to samādhi, and then to a stage where the practitioner no longer clings even to the practice itself.