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Shloka 22

बलीन्द्रसंवादः — Kāla, Anityatā, and the Limits of Agency

Mahābhārata 12.217

Devanagari script

आ देहादप्रमादाच्च देहान्ताद्‌ विप्रमुच्यते । हेतुयुक्त: सदा सर्गो भूतानां प्रलयस्तथा

Transliteration

ā dehād apramādāc ca dehāntād vipramucyate | hetuyuktaḥ sadā sargo bhūtānāṁ pralayas tathā ||

Translation

ଦେହ ଧାରଣ କରିଥିବା ସମୟରୁ ଯଦି ଅପ୍ରମାଦ ରହେ ଏବଂ ନିର୍ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟ ନ ହୁଏ, ତେବେ ଦେହାନ୍ତରେ ମୁକ୍ତି ମିଳେ। କିନ୍ତୁ ବନ୍ଧନର ହେତୁ—ଅଜ୍ଞାନ—ସହ ଯୁକ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନଙ୍କର ସଦା ସର୍ଗ (ଜନ୍ମ) ହୁଏ ଏବଂ ସେହିପରି ପ୍ରଳୟ (ମୃତ୍ୟୁ) ମଧ୍ୟ ହୋଇଚାଲେ।

Word by Word

आup to, until

देहात्from the body

अप्रमादात्from (i.e., due to) non-negligence, vigilance

चand

देहान्तात्from the end of the body (i.e., after death)

विप्रमुच्यतेis completely released (is liberated)

हेतुयुक्तःendowed with a cause (i.e., having a cause/ground)

सदाalways

सर्गःcreation; birth; coming into being

भूतानाम्of beings

प्रलयःdissolution; destruction; death

तथाso; likewise; also

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

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?

Steady non-negligence (apramāda)—continuous mindful discipline throughout embodied life—leads to release at death; whereas ignorance as the root cause keeps beings revolving in repeated birth and death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira, contrasting the vigilant yogin who attains freedom at life’s end with ordinary beings bound to ignorance who undergo perpetual creation and dissolution.