Shloka 74

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

तत्र तान्‌ प्रवहो वायु: प्रतिगृह्लाति भारत । वीतरागान्‌ यतीन्‌ सिद्धान्‌ वीर्ययुक्तांस्तपोधनान्‌

Transliteration

tatra tān pravaho vāyuḥ pratigṛhlāti bhārata | vītarāgān yatīn siddhān vīryayuktāṁs tapodhanān ||

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—హే భారత! అక్కడ ‘ప్రవహ’ అనే వాయువు యొక్క అధిష్ఠాత దేవత, వీతరాగులైన, నియమితులైన, సిద్ధులైన, తేజస్సుతో కూడిన తపోధన యతులను సూర్యుని అధికారమునుండి తన అధికారమునకు స్వీకరించును.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तान्: those (persons)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रवहः: the (named) current/flow (wind)
• प्रवहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिगृह्णाति: receives/takes (into his charge)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun (vocative, patronymic)
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वीतरागान्: free from passion/attachment
• वीतरागान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीतराग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यतीन्: ascetics
• यतीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सिद्धान्: perfected ones, siddhas
• सिद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वीर्ययुक्तान्: endowed with power/energy
• वीर्ययुक्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्ययुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तपोधनान्: those whose wealth is austerity; ascetic sages
• तपोधनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Pravaha-vāyu (presiding wind-deity)
• Vāyu (as deity)
• Siddhas
• Yatis (ascetics)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Detachment and disciplined ascetic practice elevate a person’s post-mortem course: perfected, passionless renouncers are ‘received’ by higher cosmic agencies, indicating that spiritual attainment aligns one with subtler, superior realms rather than ordinary destinations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a cosmological process: in a particular region/phase, the Pravaha wind-deity takes charge of accomplished ascetics—vītarāga yatis and siddhas—signifying their transition under a higher divine jurisdiction.