Shloka 17

Śānti Parva, Adhyāya 52 — Bhīṣma’s Humility Before Kṛṣṇa and the Granting of Boons

Devanagari script

ज्ञानानि च समग्राणि प्रतिभास्यन्ति तेडनघ । नच ते क्वचिदासक्त्तिुद्धेः प्रादुर्भविष्पति,अनघ! आपके अन्तःकरणमें सम्पूर्ण ज्ञान प्रकाशित हो उठेंगे। आपकी बुद्धि किसी भी विषयमें कुण्ठित नहीं होगी

Transliteration

jñānāni ca samagrāṇi pratibhāsyanti te 'n-agha | na ca te kvacid āsaktir buddheḥ prādurbhaviṣyati, an-agha ||

Translation

اے بےگناہ! تمہارے باطن میں کامل و جامع معرفت روشن ہو جائے گی۔ تمہاری عقل کسی بھی شے میں کہیں بھی دلبستگی اور چمٹاؤ میں مبتلا نہ ہوگی۔

Word by Word

ज्ञानानिknowledges, cognitions

चand

समग्राणिcomplete, entire

प्रतिभास्यन्तिwill shine forth, will become manifest

तेto you

अनघO sinless one

नnot

चand

तेof you, your

क्वचित्anywhere, ever

आसक्तिःattachment, clinging

बुद्धेःof (your) intellect

प्रादुर्भविष्यतिwill arise, will appear

अनघO sinless one

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

anagha (addressed person, unnamed in the verse)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True knowledge is not merely information but a luminous clarity that arises within; it is safeguarded by non-attachment. When the intellect is free from clinging to objects, opinions, or outcomes, comprehensive understanding can manifest without obstruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses a “blameless” listener and offers a blessing/assurance: the listener will gain complete knowledge and, crucially, will not develop attachment in the intellect—indicating spiritual maturation where insight and detachment grow together.