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Shloka 13

Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)

Devanagari script

अन्तवन्ति च भूतानि गुणयुक्तानि पश्यत: । उत्पत्तिनिधनज्ञस्थ कि कार्यमवशिष्यते

Transliteration

antavanti ca bhūtāni guṇa-yuktāni paśyataḥ | utpatti-nidhana-jñastha kiṁ kāryam avaśiṣyate ||

Translation

గుణయుక్తమైన సమస్త భూతాలు నశ్వరమని స్పష్టంగా చూచే వాడికి, అలాగే ఉత్పత్తి మరియు నిధన తత్త్వాన్ని తెలిసిన వాడికి, ఇక్కడ ఇంక ఏ కార్యం అవశిష్టమై ఉంటుంది?

Word by Word

अन्तवन्तिhaving an end, perishable

चand

भूतानिbeings, entities

गुणयुक्तानिendowed with qualities (gunas)

पश्यतःof (one) seeing; for the observer

उत्पत्ति-निधन-ज्ञःknower of arising and perishing

तस्यfor him/of him

किम्what?

कार्यम्duty, task, action to be done

अवशिष्यतेremains

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

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?

Seeing all beings as impermanent and guṇa-made, and knowing the law of arising and dissolution, dissolves the sense of binding obligation; one becomes inwardly complete, acting (if at all) without compulsion or attachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by emphasizing a jñāna-based perspective: insight into impermanence and the guṇas leads toward renunciation and freedom from the pressure of ‘must-do’ action.