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Shloka 1

अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः

Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas

Devanagari script

पक शायर बछ। अीद:-फफतप--क - आलम्भके दो अर्थ हैं--स्पर्श और हिंसा। क्षत्रिय नरेश किसी वस्तुका स्पर्श करके अथवा छूकर जो दान देते हैं

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | ity ukto 'bhipraśasyaitat paramarṣes tu śāsanam | mokṣadharmārthasaṃyuktam idaṃ praṣṭuṃ pracakrame ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi Yudhiṣṭhira! Khi bậc đại hiền Vyāsa đã ban lời giáo huấn như thế, Śukadeva hết lòng tán thán. Rồi với lòng khát khao muốn hỏi thêm về Dharma đưa đến giải thoát, ngài bắt đầu thưa hỏi như sau.”

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

अभिप्रशस्यhaving praised

एतत्this

परमर्षेःof the supreme sage

तुbut/indeed

शासनम्instruction/command

मोक्षधर्मार्थसंयुक्तम्connected with moksha, dharma, and artha

इदम्this

प्रष्टुम्to ask

प्रचक्रमेbegan/undertook

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śuka (Śukadeva)

Paramarṣi (the supreme sage, contextually Vyāsa)

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?

The verse highlights the proper reception of spiritual instruction: one should honor authoritative guidance from a realized sage and then pursue deeper inquiry into mokṣa-dharma (the ethical-spiritual discipline leading to liberation).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma reports that after Vyāsa’s instruction, Śuka praises it and, motivated to understand liberation-oriented dharma more fully, begins to question further—setting the stage for continued exposition on mokṣa-dharma.