Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 154 Shloka 47 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 47

Bhīṣma’s Yogic Departure, Royal Cremation, and Gaṅgā’s Lament (भीष्मस्य योगयुक्त्या देहत्यागः, पितृमेधः, गङ्गाविलापः)

Devanagari script

न्याय्यं श्रेयोडभिकामेन प्रतिपत्तुं जनार्दन: । एष एवाक्षयो विप्रै: स्तुतो राजन्‌ जनार्दन:

Transliteration

nyāyyaṁ śreyodabhikāmena pratipattuṁ janārdanaḥ | eṣa evākṣayo vipraiḥ stuto rājan janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: “Với người cầu tìm điều thiện tối thượng, nương tựa nơi Janardana là điều đúng đắn và hợp lẽ. Hỡi Đại vương, chính Janardana bất hoại ấy là Đấng mà các Bà-la-môn đã ca tụng.”

Word by Word

न्याय्यम्proper, right

श्रेयःthe good, welfare, highest good

उद्भिकामेनby one desiring to obtain (it)

प्रतिपत्तुम्to resort to, to take refuge in / to undertake

जनार्दनःJanārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

एषःthis

एवindeed, only

अक्षयःimperishable

विप्रैःby the brāhmaṇas

स्तुतःpraised

राजन्O king

जनार्दनःJanārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Janardana (Krishna/Vishnu)

Brahmins (vipra)

King (Yudhishthira, implied addressee)

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?

One who truly seeks śreyas (the highest, lasting good) should adopt the dharmic course of taking refuge in Janardana (Krishna/Vishnu), who is described as imperishable and universally praised by the learned.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction to the king (Yudhishthira), he recommends devotion and reliance upon Janardana as the rightful path for ultimate welfare, citing the authority of Brahmins who have traditionally praised him.