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Shloka 125

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

कस्येदं कस्य वा नेदं कुतो वेद न वा कुतः । सम्बन्ध: को<स्ति भूतानां स्वैरप्पवयवैरिह

bhīṣma uvāca | kasyedaṃ kasya vā nedaṃ kuto veda na vā kutaḥ | sambandhaḥ ko 'sti bhūtānāṃ svair apy avayavair iha ||

“Cái này của ai, và không của ai? Ai có thể thật biết nó từ đâu đến, hay không từ đâu đến? Ở đây, loài hữu tình có mối liên hệ chân thực nào, dù chỉ với chính tay chân thân thể mình?”—Bhīṣma nói vậy để chỉ ra rằng trong dòng biến dịch mạnh mẽ, không ngừng, mọi khẳng định về sở hữu, nguồn gốc và bản ngã cố định rốt cuộc đều không đứng vững.

कस्यof whom/whose
कस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कस्यof whom/whose
कस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कुतःfrom where/whence
कुतः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः
वेदknows
वेद:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
कुतःfrom where/whence
कुतः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः
सम्बन्धःconnection/relationship
सम्बन्धः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसम्बन्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कःwho/what (which)
कः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूतानाम्of beings/creatures
भूतानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
स्वैःwith their own
स्वैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootस्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
अपवयवैःwith (their) limbs/parts
अपवयवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअपवयव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
इहhere/in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

The verse undermines possessiveness and fixed identity by stressing that in a world of constant change, claims like “this is mine/not mine” and certainty about origins are ultimately unreliable; even the bond between a being and its own body-parts is not absolute.

In Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and right understanding, Bhishma continues his philosophical counsel, steering the listener away from attachment and toward a detached, discerning view of worldly relations.