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Shloka 32

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

नित्यं हि नास्ति जगति भूतं स्थावरजड्भमम्‌ | ऋते तमेक॑ पुरुषं वासुदेव॑ सनातनम्‌,'संसारमें उस एकमात्र सनातन पुरुष वासुदेवको छोड़कर कोई भी चराचर भूत नित्य नहीं है

nityaṃ hi nāsti jagati bhūtaṃ sthāvara-jaḍaṅgamam | ṛte tam ekaṃ puruṣaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า—ในโลกนี้ ไม่ว่าภูตะจะเป็นสิ่งอยู่กับที่หรือเคลื่อนไหว ก็หาได้เป็นนิตย์ไม่. เว้นแต่ปุรุษผู้เดียว ผู้เป็นสนาตนะ คือวาสุเทวะเท่านั้น ที่อยู่พ้นจากกระแสสังสารอันเสื่อมสลาย.

नित्यम्always; eternally
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
हिindeed; for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्तिis; exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent (Lat), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
जगतिin the world
जगति:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भूतम्a being; entity
भूतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्थावरजङ्गमम्immobile and mobile (all moving/non-moving beings)
स्थावरजङ्गमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थावर-जङ्गम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ऋतेexcept; without
ऋते:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋते
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एकम्one; single
एकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुरुषम्the Person; man (here: Supreme Person)
पुरुषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वासुदेवम्Vāsudeva
वासुदेवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सनातनम्eternal; primeval
सनातनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Vāsudeva

Educational Q&A

All created entities—whether immobile or mobile—are non-eternal; only the one eternal Supreme Person, Vāsudeva, is truly everlasting. Ethically, this supports detachment from transient possessions and status, and encourages devotion and orientation toward the imperishable.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher spiritual truths. Here he emphasizes the perishability of worldly beings and singles out Vāsudeva as the sole eternal reality, steering the discussion toward liberation-oriented understanding.