Shloka 51

कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च

Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

गतिं हि सर्वभूतानामगत्वा कक्‍्व गमिष्यति । यो धावता न हातव्यस्तिष्न्नपि न हीयते

Transliteration

gatiṁ hi sarvabhūtānām agatvā kva gamiṣyati | yo dhāvatā na hātavyas tiṣṭhann api na hīyate ||

Translation

Wika ni Śakra: “Tunay, kung hindi pa nararating ang itinakdang landas ng lahat ng nilalang, saan pa makapupunta? Ang hindi dapat mapatay, kahit salakayin ng sumasalakay na rumaragasa, ay hindi nababawasan; kahit nakatigil, hindi rin humihina.”

Word by Word

• गतिम्: course/way, destination
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अगत्वा: without going, not having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), a- (nañ)

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• गमिष्यति: will go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Simple Future (luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धावता: by/with (one) running; by the runner
• धावता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धावत्
• Form: Present active participle (śatṛ), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हातव्यः: to be abandoned/left
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हा
• Form: Gerundive (tavya), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तिष्ठन्: standing, remaining
• तिष्ठन्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present active participle (śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हीयते: is diminished/declines
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: Present (laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive/intransitive sense)

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That beings cannot escape their appointed destiny (gati), and that true security or strength is not merely a matter of frantic action: one who is not ‘killable’ by destiny does not lose even by remaining steady. The verse commends steadiness and acceptance of the larger moral order governing outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) is speaking in a didactic context within Śānti Parva, offering a reflective maxim: outcomes are governed by the destined course of beings, so panic-driven action is not always decisive; steadfastness aligned with dharma can be equally (or more) effective.