Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अभ्युत्थानेन दैवस्य समारब्धेन कर्मणा । विधिना कर्मणा चैव स्वर्गमार्गमवाप्लुयात्‌,मनुष्य दैवके उत्थानसे आरम्भ किये हुए पुरुषार्थसे उत्तम विधि और शास्त्रोक्त सत्कर्मसे ही स्वर्गलोकका मार्ग पा सकता है

Transliteration

abhyutthānena daivasya samārabdhena karmaṇā | vidhinā karmaṇā caiva svargamārgam avāpnuyāt ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—عزم کے ساتھ اٹھ کھڑے ہونے سے، تقدیر کے موافق عمل کا آغاز کرنے سے، اور طریقۂ درست و شاستر کے حکم کے مطابق نیک اعمال کرنے سے ہی انسان اُس راہ کو پاتا ہے جو سُوَرگ تک لے جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

अभ्युत्थानेनby exertion/effort (rising up)

दैवस्यof fate/divine dispensation

समारब्धेनundertaken/initiated

कर्मणाby action/deed

विधिनाby proper rule/ordinance

कर्मणाby action (prescribed act)

चand

एवindeed/only

स्वर्गमार्गम्the path to heaven

अवाप्नुयात्may obtain/attain

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Svarga (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Heaven (and moral uplift) is reached through disciplined, rule-guided righteous action—undertaken with personal effort—even while acknowledging the role of daiva (what is ordained).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing on dharma; here he states a general principle that proper, scripturally guided action combined with determined effort is the means to attain the heavenly path.