Shloka 34

तस्मिन्‌ गूढे च दग्धे च भिन्ने मरणधर्मिणि । अन्योअस्माज्जायते देहस्तमाहु: सत्त्वसंक्षयम्‌

tasmin gūḍhe ca dagdhe ca bhinne maraṇadharmiṇi | anyo ’smāj jāyate dehas tam āhuḥ sattvasaṃkṣayam ||

Bhīṣma nói: Khi tổ hợp nhân duyên ấy còn ẩn kín, và khi thân hoại diệt—thứ vốn mang tính phải chết—bị phá vỡ và tiêu tan, thì một thân khác sinh khởi từ đó; họ gọi đó là “sự suy giảm của sattva (khí cụ nội tâm).” Nhưng khi vô minh và các điều kiện nhân duyên của nó bị trí tuệ thiêu đốt, thì sau khi thân rơi rụng, chính sattva/buddhi (tâm–trí) cũng cạn kiệt—họ nói đó là giải thoát.

तस्मिन्in that (state/thing)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
गूढेhidden, latent
गूढे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootगूढ
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दग्धेburnt, consumed
दग्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootदग्ध
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भिन्नेsplit, broken, destroyed
भिन्ने:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootभिन्न
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
मरणधर्मिणिin that which is subject to death
मरणधर्मिणि:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootमरणधर्मिन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
अन्यःanother
अन्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्मात्from this
अस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (अस्मद्-प्रत्ययान्त रूप)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
जायतेis born, arises
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
देहःbody
देहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तम्that (as such)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular
आहुःthey say, they declare
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
सत्त्वसंक्षयम्the exhaustion/cessation of sattva (buddhi)
सत्त्वसंक्षयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्वसंक्षय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

As long as ignorance and its latent causal forces remain, the destruction of one mortal body leads to the arising of another (rebirth). When those causes are ‘burned’ by true knowledge, then after the body falls there is no further production of embodiment; the inner instrument (sattva/buddhi) itself comes to cessation—this is described as moksha.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhishma explains to the listener the mechanism of continued embodiment versus release: ordinary death does not end the cycle if the causal seeds remain, but knowledge that destroys ignorance ends the conditions for another birth.