Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यथागमं च गत्वा वै बुद्धया तत्रैव बुद्धयते । देहान्तं कश्चिदन्वास्ते भावितात्मा निराश्रयम्‌,कोई-कोई शास्त्रमें बताये हुए क्रमसे (उत्तरोत्तर उत्कृष्ट तत्त्वका ज्ञान प्राप्त करते हुए पराकाष्ठातक पहुँचकर वहीं) बुद्धिके द्वारा ब्रह्मका अनुभव करते हैं। जिसने योगके द्वारा अपनी बुद्धिको शुद्ध कर लिया है, ऐसा कोई-कोई योगी ही देहस्थितिपर्यन्त आश्रयरहित--अपनी ही महिमामें प्रतिष्ठित ब्रह्ममें स्थित रहता है

Transliteration

yathāgamaṃ ca gatvā vai buddhyā tatraiva buddhyate | dehāntaṃ kaścid anvāste bhāvitātmā nirāśrayam ||

Translation

यथागमं च गत्वा वै बुद्ध्या तत्रैव बुध्यते । देहान्तं कश्चिदन्वास्ते भावितात्मा निराश्रयम् ॥

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

आगमम्scripture/tradition (āgama)

चand

गत्वाhaving gone

वैindeed

बुद्ध्याby/with the intellect

तत्रthere

एवjust, indeed

बुद्ध्यतेis realized/understood

देहान्तम्till the end of the body (till death)

कश्चित्someone, a certain (rare) person

अन्वास्तेsits near; remains following/attending (steadfastly abides)

भावितात्माone whose self is cultivated/purified

निराश्रयम्without support; independent

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Brahman (implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Only a rare seeker, following scriptural discipline and refining the intellect through yoga, attains direct realization of Brahman and then abides independently—without external supports—steadfast in that realization until the body’s end.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Bhishma explains to the listener that spiritual progress is gradual and scripturally guided, culminating for a few in stable Brahman-realization maintained throughout embodied life.