Shloka 99

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

अनन्त इति कृत्वा स नित्यं केवलमेव च । धर्माधर्मो पुण्यपापे सत्यासत्ये तथैव च

Transliteration

ananta iti kṛtvā sa nityaṃ kevalam eva ca | dharmādharmo puṇyapāpe satyāsatye tathaiva ca

Translation

ତାଙ୍କୁ ‘ଅନନ୍ତ’ ବୋଲି ଭାବି ସେ ସଦା କେବଳ ତାଙ୍କରେ ହିଁ ନିଶ୍ଚଳ ରହିଲା। ସେହି ଦୃଷ୍ଟିରେ ଧର୍ମ-ଅଧର୍ମ, ପୁଣ୍ୟ-ପାପ, ସତ୍ୟ-ଅସତ୍ୟ—ସବୁ ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱ ସମାନ ହୋଇଗଲା; ବନ୍ଧନ ରହିଲା ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• अनन्तम्: the infinite (as an object of thought/utterance)
• अनन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• कृत्वा: having made / having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा, Active, Absolutive (Gerund)

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

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• केवलम्: only, merely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• धर्माधर्मौ: dharma and adharma
• धर्माधर्मौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पुण्यपापे: merit and sin
• पुण्यपापे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + पाप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• सत्यासत्ये: truth and untruth
• सत्यासत्ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + असत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• तथा: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Ananta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-pointed absorption in the Infinite (Ananta) dissolves the binding force of moral dualities—dharma/adharma, merit/sin, truth/falsehood—by shifting one’s standpoint from worldly evaluation to the unconditioned reality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues an instruction in Śānti Parva, describing a person who, by contemplating the Lord as Ananta and clinging to Him alone, transcends ordinary oppositional categories that govern ethical and social life.