Shloka 35

Devanagari script

आजन्ममरणाद्‌ यस्तु ब्रह्मचारी भवेदिह । न तस्य किंचिदप्राप्यमिति विद्धि नराधिप,नरेश्वर! जो जन्मसे लेकर मृत्युपर्यन्त यहाँ ब्रह्मचारी ही रह जाता है, उसके लिये कुछ भी अलभ्य नहीं है, इस बातको जान लो

Transliteration

ājanma-maraṇād yas tu brahmacārī bhaved iha | na tasya kiñcid aprāpyam iti viddhi narādhipa ||

Translation

毗湿摩说：“人中王啊，当知此理：凡在此世自生至死恒为梵行者（brahmacārin）者，于其而言，无有不可得之事。”

Word by Word

• आ: up to, until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• जन्म: from birth
• जन्म: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• मरणात्: from death / up to death (as a limit in the phrase)
• मरणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate student; one observing brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be / should be / becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तस्य: of him, for him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अप्राप्यम्: unattainable
• अप्राप्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्राप्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विद्धि: know (you), understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular

• नराधिप: O lord of men (king)
• नराधिप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• naradhipa (the king, i.e., Yudhishthira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that lifelong brahmacarya—complete continence and disciplined conduct—creates extraordinary spiritual and moral capacity, so that no rightful goal remains beyond reach.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) on dharma, praising brahmacarya as a supreme vow whose power makes attainment of aims possible.