Shloka 14

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

तद्‌ ब्रह्म परम॑ प्रोक्त तद्धाम परमं पदम्‌ । तद्‌ गत्वा कालविषयाद्‌ विमुक्ता मोक्षमाश्रिता:

Transliteration

tad brahma paramaṁ proktaṁ taddhāma paramaṁ padam | tad gatvā kālaviṣayād vimuktā mokṣam āśritāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Đó được tuyên bố là Phạm (Brahman) tối thượng—chính là nơi an trụ cao nhất của nó, là cảnh giới rốt ráo. Đã đạt đến đó, chúng sinh được giải thoát khỏi phạm vi của Thời gian và nương tựa nơi giải thoát (mokṣa).”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (reality)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रोक्तम्: is said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• धाम: abode/splendor
• धाम: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पदम्: state/goal/position
• पदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (to it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• काल-विषयात्: from the domain of time
• काल-विषयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + विषय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• विमुक्ताः: freed/released
• विमुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रिताः: having resorted to/attained
• आश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: Past active participle (क्त, parasmaipada sense), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahman
• Time (Kāla)
• Mokṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse identifies the highest goal as Brahman—the supreme state and abode. Realization or attainment of that reality frees one from the jurisdiction of Time (change, decay, death) and culminates in mokṣa, liberation from saṁsāra.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the highest good. Here he concludes a point about the ultimate destination: reaching Brahman brings release from temporal bondage and establishes one in liberation.