Shloka 3

Adhyāya 179 — Bharadvāja’s Reductionist Inquiry into Jīva and Pañcabhūta Dissolution

Devanagari script

अनत्रैवोदाहरन्तीमं बोध्यस्य पदसंचयम्‌ । निर्वेद॑ प्रति विन्यस्तं तं निबोध युधिषछिर,युधिष्ठिर! इसी प्रसंगमें वैराग्यको लक्ष्य करके बोध्य मुनिने जो वचन कहे हैं, उन्हें बताता हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

anatraivodāharantīmaṃ bodhyasya padasaṃcayam | nirvedaṃ prati vinyastaṃ taṃ nibodha yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

अनत्रैवोदाहरन्तीमं बोध्यस्य पदसञ्चयम्। निर्वेदं प्रति विन्यस्तं तं निबोध युधिष्ठिर॥

Word by Word

• {'anatra eva': 'right here

• in this very context', 'udāharanti': 'I cite

• I quote as an example', 'imam': 'this', 'bodhyasya': 'of Bodhya (the sage Bodhya)', 'pada-saṃcayam': 'a collection/compilation of verses or utterances (literally ‘a heap of words/lines’)', 'nirvedam': 'dispassion

• weariness toward worldly pursuits', 'prati': 'toward

• aiming at', 'vinyastam': 'arranged

• composed with a particular intent', 'tam': 'that (teaching/collection)', 'nibodha': 'understand

• listen and grasp', 'yudhiṣṭhira': 'O Yudhishthira'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yudhishthira
• Sage Bodhya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma frames the next instruction as a quotation from sage Bodhya, explicitly oriented toward nirveda (dispassion/renunciation). The core point is that the forthcoming counsel is meant to cultivate detachment and ethical clarity rather than worldly ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s post-war instruction, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira. Here he introduces a set of verses attributed to the sage Bodhya, telling Yudhishthira to listen, as these sayings are arranged with renunciation as their focus.