Shloka 22
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
Devanagari script
मैत्रो5थ शीलसम्पन्न: प्रसन्नात्मा55त्मविच्च यः: । मुक्तस्य विविधै: सज्जैस्तस्य प्रेत्य फलं महत्
Transliteration
bhīṣma uvāca | maitraḥ atha śīla-sampannaḥ prasannātmā ātmavit ca yaḥ | muktasya vividhaiḥ saṅgais tasya pretya phalaṃ mahat ||
Translation
若有人待一切众生以友善，具足善行，心地澄明安悦，了知真我（Ātman），并脱离种种执著；此人身后得大果——解脱（moksha）。
Word by Word
मैत्रःfriendly, benevolent
मैत्रः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अथand then / moreover
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
शीलसम्पन्नःendowed with good conduct
शीलसम्पन्नः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशीलसम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रसन्नात्माone whose mind/self is serene
प्रसन्नात्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसन्नात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आत्मवित्knower of the Self
आत्मवित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मुक्तस्यof the liberated / freed (person)
मुक्तस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मुच् + क्त)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
विविधैःby/with various (kinds of)
विविधैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
सङ्गैःattachments, associations
सङ्गैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
प्रेत्यhaving departed (after death)
प्रेत्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ (धातु) + ल्यप्
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
महत्great
महत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Cultivate universal friendliness, moral character, inner serenity, and Self-knowledge, while becoming free from attachments; such a person attains the supreme posthumous result—moksha.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and the path to the highest good; here he summarizes the qualities of a liberated-minded person and the liberation that follows after death.