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Shloka 20

बलीन्द्रसंवादः — Kāla, Anityatā, and the Limits of Agency

Mahābhārata 12.217

अन्तकाले बलोत्कर्षाच्छनै: कुर्यादनातुर: । एवं युक्तेन मनसा ज्ञानं यदुपपद्यते

antakāle balotkarṣāc chanaiḥ kuryād anāturaḥ | evaṁ yuktena manasā jñānaṁ yad upapadyate ||

Bhishma nói: Ở chặng cuối của đời người, kẻ không bị xao động hay quỵ ngã nên dùng sức lực một cách bền bỉ mà tiến dần từng bước. Như vậy, với tâm đã được kỷ luật bởi Yoga, bất cứ tri kiến chân thật nào có thể đạt tới thì phải nắm giữ—chậm rãi, kiên trì, và không rời bỏ nhẫn nại cho đến hơi thở cuối cùng.

अन्तकालेat the final time (at life's end)
अन्तकाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
बलोत्कर्षात्from/through the intensification of strength (by exertion)
बलोत्कर्षात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootबलोत्कर्ष
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
शनैःgradually, slowly
शनैः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैः
कुर्यात्should do / should practice
कुर्यात्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अनातुरःnot distressed; unhurried; composed
अनातुरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनातुर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
युक्तेनby (a) disciplined/connected
युक्तेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
मनसाby the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
यत्which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
उपपद्यतेarises; is obtained; comes about
उपपद्यते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप√पद्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

भीष्म उवाच

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Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Spiritual attainment is not a sudden leap but a disciplined, gradual effort: even toward life’s end, one should steadily intensify practice without agitation, and with a yoga-trained mind secure whatever knowledge becomes attainable, never abandoning patience.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on dharma and inner cultivation. Here he emphasizes sustained, step-by-step yogic effort and mental steadiness as the means to attain liberating knowledge, even in one’s final days.