Shloka 12

Adhyāya 241: Guṇa-sṛṣṭi, Kṣetrajña-sākṣitva, and Śama through Ātma-jñāna (गुणसृष्टिः, क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्षित्वं, शमः)

Devanagari script

यत्र गत्वा न ग्रियते यत्र गत्वा न जायते । न पुनर्जायते यत्र यत्र गत्वा न वर्तते

Transliteration

yatra gatvā na mriyate yatra gatvā na jāyate | na punar jāyate yatra yatra gatvā na vartate ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: “Iyan ang kalagayang kapag narating, hindi na namamatay; kapag narating, hindi na muling isinisilang. Doon, hindi na umuulit ang kapanganakang muli; at pagdating doon, hindi na bumabalik sa pag-iral sa daigdig.”

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (relative adverb of place)

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable; from √गम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation particle

• क्रियते: is done / is made / is undergone
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: present tense (लट्), passive (कर्मणि), 3rd person singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (relative adverb of place)

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable; from √गम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation particle

• जायते: is born / comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: present tense (लट्), middle voice (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation particle

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: indeclinable adverb

• जायते: is born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: present tense (लट्), middle voice (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (relative adverb of place)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (relative adverb of place)

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable; from √गम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation particle

• वर्तते: returns / exists / continues (here: returns)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: present tense (लट्), middle voice (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse defines mokṣa as an attained state beyond the cycle of birth and death: reaching it ends mortality, rebirth, and any return to saṃsāra.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the highest good; here he describes the ultimate goal—liberation—using the marks of non-return and freedom from birth and death.