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Shloka 107

तस्मात्‌ प्राणान्‌ धारयिष्ये मुमूर्षुरुदगायने । यश्न दत्तो वरो महां पित्रा तेन महात्मना

tasmāt prāṇān dhārayiṣye mumūrṣur udagāyane | yasya datto varo mahān pitrā tena mahātmanā ||

Vì thế, dẫu lòng đã muốn ra đi, ta vẫn sẽ giữ lấy sinh khí cho đến khi Mặt Trời chuyển sang bắc hành (uttarāyaṇa). Nguyện cho đại ân huệ mà phụ vương cao cả đã ban cho ta được viên mãn—rằng ta chỉ gặp cái chết khi chính ta lựa chọn. Cho đến khi thời khắc định sẵn để xả bỏ thân mạng đến, ta nhất định sẽ giữ chặt những hơi thở này trong mình.

तस्मात्therefore/from that reason
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
प्राणान्life-breaths, vital airs
प्राणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
धारयिष्येI shall hold/retain
धारयिष्ये:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Ātmanepada
मुमूर्षुःwishing to die
मुमूर्षुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमुमूर्षु (from √मृ, desiderative)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उदगायनेat the northward course (of the sun), i.e., Uttarāyaṇa
उदगायने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउदगायन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यःwhich/that (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative, Singular
दत्तःgiven
दत्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदत्त (from √दा)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वरःboon
वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ममof me/my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
पित्राby (my) father
पित्रा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तेनby him/that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
महात्मनाby the great-souled one
महात्मना:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya (narrator/speaker)
B
Bhīṣma (implied speaker of the vow/statement)
Ś
Śāntanu (Bhīṣma’s father, implied as giver of the boon)
U
Uttarāyaṇa / Udagāyana (northward course of the sun)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights self-control and fidelity to a vow: even when death is desired, one may uphold dharma by sustaining life until the rightful, chosen, and cosmically appropriate time—honoring a boon and exercising disciplined agency over one’s end.

Bhīṣma, lying on the battlefield, resolves to keep himself alive until uttarāyaṇa. He intends to make true the boon from his father that he can die at will, so he restrains his prāṇas until the moment he chooses to depart.