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Shloka 12

सत्य–अनृत, प्रकाश–तमस्, स्वर्ग–नरक विवेचनम्

Truth and Untruth as Light and Darkness; Svarga and Naraka as Ethical Consequences

अव्यक्त इति विख्यात: शाश्रवृतो5थाक्षयोडव्यय: । यतः सृष्टानि भूतानि जायन्ते च ग्रियन्ति च,उसीकी अव्यक्त नामसे प्रसिद्धि है। वही शाश्वत, अक्षय और अविनाशी है। उससे उत्पन्न सब प्राणी जन्मते और मरते रहते हैं

avyakta iti vikhyātaḥ śāśvato ’thākṣayo ’vyayaḥ | yataḥ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni jāyante ca mriyante ca ||

ఆ పరమ తత్త్వం ‘అవ్యక్త’మని ప్రసిద్ధి. అది శాశ్వతం, అక్షయం, అవ్యయం. దానినుండే సృష్టమైన భూతాలు జన్మిస్తాయి, కాలక్రమంలో మరణిస్తాయి కూడా.

अव्यक्तःunmanifest
अव्यक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (as)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
विख्यातःwell-known, renowned
विख्यातः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-ख्यात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शाश्वतःeternal
शाश्वतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशाश्वत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अथand/then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अक्षयःimperishable, undecaying
अक्षयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अव्ययःunchanging, inexhaustible
अव्ययः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यतःfrom which
यतः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्
सृष्टानिcreated
सृष्टानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootसृज्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
भूतानिbeings, creatures
भूतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
जायन्तेare born, arise
जायन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
म्रियन्तेdie
म्रियन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootमृ
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that behind the changing world of birth and death stands an unmanifest, eternal, imperishable reality; all beings arise from it and dissolve again, while that source itself remains unchanged.

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on higher dharma and liberation-oriented knowledge; here he describes the unmanifest principle as the origin of all beings and the backdrop to their continual cycle of birth and death.