Shloka 8
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
Devanagari script
सृजत्येष महाबाहो भूतग्रामं चराचरम् | एष चाक्षिपते काले काले विसृजते पुन:
Transliteration
sṛjaty eṣa mahābāho bhūtagrāmaṃ carācaram | eṣa cākṣipate kāle kāle visṛjate punaḥ ||
Translation
毗湿摩说：“噢，臂力无双者，他生起一切众生——动者与不动者。又在时节到来之际，他将其摄回；在时节到来之际，他又再度放出。”
Word by Word
सृजतिcreates
सृजति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
एषःthis (one), he
एषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
भूतग्रामम्the multitude of beings
भूतग्रामम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूतग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
चराचरम्moving and unmoving
चराचरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचराचर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
एषःthis (one), he
एषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
आक्षिपतेwithdraws, draws back (destroys)
आक्षिपते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ-क्षिप् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
कालेin time, at the (proper) time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
कालेin time, at the (proper) time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
विसृजतेsends forth again, recreates
विसृजते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-सृज् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaM
Mahābāhu (addressee, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)Ś
Śrī Viṣṇu (implied by context)B
Bhūtagrāma (all beings)T
Time (kāla, implied as the cosmic cycle)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
All beings arise and subside according to a higher divine governance operating through time; recognizing this supports dharmic humility, steadiness, and reduced attachment to transient outcomes.
In the Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs the listener on higher principles; here he describes the Lord (identified in the surrounding context as Viṣṇu) as the agent who cyclically creates, withdraws, and re-creates the world of beings.