Shloka 79

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

परमा सा गति: पार्थ निर्दधन्द्धानां महात्मनाम्‌ । सत्यार्जवरतानां वै सर्वभूतदयावताम्‌

Transliteration

paramā sā gatiḥ pārtha nirdvandvānāṁ mahātmanām | satyārjavarātānāṁ vai sarvabhūtadayāvatām || kuntīkumarāya: ye sarvaprakāradvandvair rahitāḥ satyavādinaḥ saralāḥ ca samastaprāṇiṣu dayāśīlāḥ, teṣāṁ mahātmanāṁ sā eva paramā gatiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi Pārtha, đó là đích đến tối thượng dành cho những bậc đại hồn: không còn mọi xung đột nội tâm, thệ nguyện sống trong chân thật và ngay thẳng, và tràn lòng từ mẫn đối với mọi loài hữu tình. Hỡi con của Kuntī, chỉ những người cao quý như thế mới đạt đến cảnh giới tối thượng ấy.”

Word by Word

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: that
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: goal; state; refuge
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निर्द्वन्द्वानाम्: of those free from dualities
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्द्वन्द्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of great-souled ones
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सत्यार्जवरतानाम्: of those whose vows are truth and straightforwardness
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यार्जवरत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सर्वभूतदयावताम्: of those compassionate to all beings
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वभूतदयावत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुन्तीकुमार: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीकुमार
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Arjuna (Partha, son of Kunti)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest spiritual end is attained by those who transcend dualities and live by disciplined truthfulness, straightforward conduct, and universal compassion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Arjuna on dharma and the qualities that lead to the supreme goal; here he identifies freedom from dualities, truth, simplicity, and compassion as the marks of those who reach the highest state.