Shloka 46

Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra

Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability

Devanagari script

श्रुतिप्रमाणागममड़लै श्व शेते जरामृत्युभयादभीत: । क्षीणे च पुण्ये विगते च पापे ततो निमित्ते च फले विनष्टे । अलेपमाकाशमलिड्मेव- मास्थाय पश्यन्ति महत्यसक्ता:

Transliteration

śruti-pramāṇāgama-maṅgalaiḥ śete jarā-mṛtyu-bhayād abhītaḥ | kṣīṇe ca puṇye vigate ca pāpe tato nimitte ca phale vinaṣṭe | alepam ākāśam aliptam eva māsthāya paśyanti mahati asaktāḥ ||

Translation

ଶ୍ରୁତି-ପ୍ରତିପାଦିତ ପ୍ରମାଣର ବିଚାର ଏବଂ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରରେ କୁହାଯାଇଥିବା ମଙ୍ଗଳମୟ ସାଧନର ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନ କରି ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଜରା ଓ ମୃତ୍ୟୁର ଭୟରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ଶାନ୍ତିରେ ରହେ। ଯେତେବେଳେ ପୁଣ୍ୟ କ୍ଷୀଣ ହୁଏ, ପାପ ମଧ୍ୟ ନିବୃତ୍ତ ହୁଏ, ଏବଂ ସେମାନଙ୍କର କାରଣ ଓ ଫଳ ସୁଦ୍ଧା ନଷ୍ଟ ହୋଇଯାଏ—ସେତେବେଳେ ସମସ୍ତ ପଦାର୍ଥ ପ୍ରତି ସର୍ବଥା ଅନାସକ୍ତ ମହାତ୍ମାମାନେ ଆକାଶ ସମାନ ନିର୍ଲେପ, ଅଲିଙ୍ଗ ପରମାତ୍ମାରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ହୋଇ ତାଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷ ଦର୍ଶନ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• श्रुति: revelation; Veda
• श्रुति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति
• Form: F, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमाण: means of knowledge; authority
• प्रमाण: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण
• Form: N, Nominative, Singular

• आगम: scriptural tradition; doctrine
• आगम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: M, Nominative, Singular

• मण्डलैः: by circles/groups/collections
• मण्डलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: N, Instrumental, Plural

• श्वः: tomorrow; in the future
• श्वः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्वस्/श्वः

• शेते: lies down; rests; sleeps
• शेते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शे)
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

• जरा: from old age
• जरा: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा
• Form: F, Ablative, Singular

• मृत्यु: from death
• मृत्यु: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: M, Ablative, Singular

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: N, Ablative, Singular

• अभीतः: unafraid; fearless
• अभीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीत
• Form: M, Nominative, Singular

• क्षीणे: when (it is) exhausted
• क्षीणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण
• Form: N, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुण्ये: in merit
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: N, Locative, Singular

• विगते: when (it is) gone
• विगते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत
• Form: N, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पापे: in sin
• पापे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: N, Locative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• निमित्ते: when the cause/occasion
• निमित्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमित्त
• Form: N, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• फले: in the result; fruit
• फले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: N, Locative, Singular

• विनष्टे: when (it is) destroyed
• विनष्टे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनष्ट
• Form: N, Locative, Singular

• अलेपम्: unstained; untainted
• अलेपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलेप
• Form: N, Accusative, Singular

• आकाशम्: space; sky
• आकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: N, Accusative, Singular

• अलिप्तम्: unattached; unbesmeared
• अलिप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलिप्त
• Form: N, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like; as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आस्थाय: having resorted to; having taken refuge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Gerund (Absolutive), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral

• पश्यन्ति: they see; they realize
• पश्यन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (पश्य)
• Form: Present, 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महति: in the great (principle); in the Supreme
• महति: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: N, Locative, Singular

• असक्ताः: detached; unattached
• असक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असक्त
• Form: M, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• śruti (Veda)
• śāstra
• Paramātmā / Brahman (implied as 'mahati')
• ākāśa (sky/space, as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Scriptural discernment and disciplined practice remove existential fear; when karmic merit and demerit and their results are exhausted, complete non-attachment enables direct realization of the stainless Supreme Self, likened to the sky.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented dharma: he explains how reliance on śruti and śāstra-guided practice leads from fearlessness to the dissolution of karmic causality and culminates in Brahman-realization.