Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एते भावा जगत्‌ सर्व वहन्ति सचराचरम्‌ | श्रिता विरजसं देव॑ यमाहु: प्रकृतेः परम्‌

Transliteration

ete bhāvā jagat sarva vahanti sacarācaram | śritā virajasaṃ devaṃ yam āhuḥ prakṛteḥ param ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“这些根本的状态与原则，支撑着整个宇宙——一切动与不动。它们依止于那无垢、离罗阇（rajas）的神圣者；智者宣说彼超越于普拉克利蒂（Prakṛti，物质自然）。”

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भावाः: entities; states; principles
• भावाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: entire; all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वहन्ति: carry; sustain; bear
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सचराचरम्: with the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
• सचराचरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चर-अचर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रिताः: having resorted to; dependent on
• श्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रि (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विरजसम्: free from rajas (passion/impurity)
• विरजसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरजस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवम्: the god; the divine one
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहुः: they say; they call
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• प्रकृतेः: from/than Prakriti (primordial nature)
• प्रकृतेः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• परम्: higher; beyond; supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Deva (the Divine Being)
• Prakriti

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All cosmic functions and the entire animate–inanimate world are upheld by deeper principles, yet ultimately depend upon a transcendent, rajas-free Divine reality that stands beyond material nature (Prakriti).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues his philosophical exposition to Yudhishthira, explaining the metaphysical basis of the universe and pointing to a supreme principle beyond Prakriti upon which all states of existence rely.