Shloka 29

प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence

Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ सत्यव्रताचार: सत्ययोगपरायण: । सत्यागम: सदा दान्तः सत्येनैवान्तकं॑ जयेत्‌,अतः मनुष्यको सत्यव्रतवका आचरण करना चाहिये। सत्ययोगमें तत्पर रहना और शास्त्रकी बातोंको सत्य मानकर श्रद्धापूर्वक सदा मन और इन्द्रियोंका संयम करना चाहिये। इस प्रकार सत्यके द्वारा ही मनुष्य मृत्युपर विजय पा सकता है

Transliteration

tasmāt satyavrata-ācāraḥ satya-yoga-parāyaṇaḥ | satyāgamaḥ sadā dāntaḥ satyenaivāntakaṁ jayet ||

Translation

Потому Бхишма сказал: «Пусть человек живёт обетом и поведением истины, преданный упражнению в истине. Признавая наставления шастр (śāstra) истинными, пусть он всегда пребывает в самообуздании, держа ум и чувства под властью. Так, одной лишь истиной человек может победить Антаку — Смерть».

Word by Word

• {'tasmāt': 'therefore

• for that reason', 'satya': 'truth

• truthfulness', 'vrata': 'vow

• sacred resolve', 'ācāra': 'conduct

• disciplined practice', 'satyavrata-ācāraḥ': 'one whose conduct is grounded in the vow of truth', 'yoga': 'discipline

• integration', 'satya-yoga-parāyaṇaḥ': 'one devoted to the yoga/discipline of truth', 'āgama': 'authoritative teaching

• tradition', 'satyāgamaḥ': 'one who accepts scripture/teaching as true

• one grounded in true authority', 'sadā': 'always', 'dāntaḥ': 'self-controlled

• restrained (of senses and mind)', 'satyena eva': 'by truth alone', 'antakam': 'Antaka, the Ender

• Death (personified)', 'jayet': 'should conquer

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Antaka (Death)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that steadfast truthfulness—lived as a vow, supported by disciplined practice and self-restraint, and grounded in trust in śāstric teaching—has the power to overcome even Death (Antaka), i.e., to transcend fear and the bondage that leads to mortality.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues his ethical discourse, emphasizing satya (truth) as a supreme dharmic practice and presenting it as a practical discipline involving restraint of mind and senses.