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Shloka 100

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

जन्ममृत्यू च राजेन्द्र प्राकृतं तदचिन्तयत्‌ । व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्थ कर्मेदमिति नित्यं नराधिप

janmamṛtyū ca rājendra prākṛtaṃ tad acintayat | vyaktāvyaktastha karmedam iti nityaṃ narādhipa ||

โอ้ราชันผู้ประเสริฐ อย่าหมกมุ่นครุ่นคิดถึงการเกิดและการตายเลย เพราะเป็นระเบียบแห่งธรรมชาติ จงรู้เถิด โอ้ผู้ปกครองมนุษย์ ว่ากรรมนี้ตั้งอยู่ในความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างสิ่งที่ปรากฏกับสิ่งที่ไม่ปรากฏ และจงทรงยึดความเข้าใจนี้ไว้ให้มั่นเป็นนิตย์

जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मृत्यूdeath
मृत्यू:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राजेन्द्रO king of kings
राजेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootराजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्राकृतम्natural, ordinary
प्राकृतम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राकृत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अचिन्तयत्considered, reflected upon
अचिन्तयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
व्यक्तin the manifest
व्यक्त:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अव्यक्तस्थsituated in the unmanifest
अव्यक्तस्थ:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्तस्थ
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
कर्मaction, deed
कर्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
नराधिपO ruler of men
नराधिप:
TypeNoun
Rootनराधिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
R
rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
N
narādhipa (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma urges the king to refrain from excessive grief or rumination over birth and death, treating them as part of nature (prākṛta). Ethical steadiness comes from seeing one’s duty/action (karma) in the wider metaphysical frame of the manifest (vyakta) and unmanifest (avyakta), cultivating detachment while continuing rightful action.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the grieving king (Yudhiṣṭhira) after the war. Here he consoles and philosophically reorients him: mortality is natural, and the king should maintain a constant understanding that action operates within the cosmic order spanning the seen and unseen.