Shloka 5
Devanagari script
न हि देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न च पन्नगा: । प्रभवन्तीह भूतानां प्राप्तानामुत्तमां गतिम्
Transliteration
na hi devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca pannagāḥ | prabhavantīha bhūtānāṃ prāptānām uttamāṃ gatim ||
Translation
सूर्य उवाच—न हि देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न च पन्नगाः। प्रभवन्तीह भूतानां प्राप्तानामुत्तमां गतिम्॥
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
गन्धर्वाःGandharvas (celestial musicians)
गन्धर्वाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
असुराःAsuras (demons)
असुराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand/also
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पन्नगाःserpents (Nāgas)
पन्नगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपन्नग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रभवन्तिare able / have power
प्रभवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√भू
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
इहhere (in this world/with regard to this matter)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
भूतानाम्of beings
भूतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
प्राप्तानाम्of those who have attained
प्राप्तानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राप्त
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
उत्तमाम्highest/supreme
उत्तमाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गतिम्state/goal/destination
गतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
सूर्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SūryaD
DevasG
GandharvasA
AsurasP
Pannagas (Nāgas)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the inviolability of the highest spiritual attainment: once a being has reached the supreme state (uttamā gati), no class of powerful beings—divine, semi-divine, demonic, or nāga—can prevent or overturn that fulfillment.
Sūrya is speaking within the Shānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, emphasizing a doctrinal point: spiritual culmination is beyond external interference, even from exalted cosmic beings.