Shloka 9

मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā

Devanagari script

आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमाप: प्रविशन्ति यद्धत्‌ । तद्वत्‌ कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकाम:

Transliteration

āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaṁ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat | tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmaḥ ||

Translation

ଯେପରି ନାନା ନଦୀର ଜଳ ସବୁଦିଗରୁ ପୂରଣ ହେଉଥିବା ଅଚଳ-ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ ସମୁଦ୍ରରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରି ତାହାକୁ ବିଚଳିତ ନ କରି ଲୀନ ହୋଇଯାଏ, ସେପରି ସମସ୍ତ ଭୋଗବସ୍ତୁ ଯାହାର ମନରେ କୌଣସି ବିକାର ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ ନ କରି ପ୍ରବେଶ କରେ, ସେଇ ପୁରୁଷ ପରମ ଶାନ୍ତି ପାଏ; ଭୋଗଲୋଲୁପ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• आपूर्यमाणम्: being filled (up)
• आपूर्यमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपूर्य (धातु: आपॄ/पूर्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अचल-प्रतिष्ठम्: having unmoving stability
• अचल-प्रतिष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचलप्रतिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुद्रम्: ocean
• समुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रविशन्ति: enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यत्: which/whom
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वत्: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वत्

• तत्: that (in that manner)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वत्: like, so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वत्

• कामाः: desires / sense-enjoyments
• कामाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविशन्ति: enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नोति: attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• काम-कामः: one who desires desires (a desire-driven person)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्यास (Vyāsa)
• समुद्र (ocean)
• आपः (waters)
• कामाḥ (desires/objects of enjoyment)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Peace is attained by inner steadiness: when pleasures and desires arise or present themselves, they are allowed to ‘enter’ without agitating the mind. The craving-driven person (kāma-kāmaḥ) remains restless, but the self-possessed person, like the ocean, stays full and unmoved.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa delivers a didactic instruction in the Śānti Parva, using a vivid simile: rivers flow into the ocean without disturbing it. Likewise, the wise person remains stable even amid many enjoyments, illustrating the ethical ideal of restraint and non-attachment.