Shloka 111

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

इदं महोपनिषदं चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम्‌

Transliteration

idaṃ mahopaniṣadaṃ caturvedasamanvitam

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଏହା ମହା ଉପନିଷଦୀୟ ଶିକ୍ଷା; ଚାରି ବେଦ ସହ ସମନ୍ୱିତ।

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महोपनिषदम्: the great Upaniṣad (great secret teaching)
• महोपनिषदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम्: endowed with (i.e., accompanied by) the four Vedas
• चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्वेद-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; समन्वित = सम्+अन्+क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Upaniṣad (teaching)
• the four Vedas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts the authority and completeness of the instruction being given: it is presented as a “great Upaniṣad,” i.e., a highest, inward doctrine, and it is not opposed to Vedic revelation but consonant with all four Vedas—thereby grounding ethical and spiritual guidance in recognized śruti-based legitimacy.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira and frames the forthcoming (or ongoing) discourse as an exalted, Upaniṣadic-level teaching aligned with the entire Vedic corpus, signaling its seriousness and normative weight for dharma and liberation-oriented conduct.