Shloka 98

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

शिष्टं तत्र मनस्तात इन्द्रियाणि च भारत । आगच्छन्ति यथाकालं गुरो: संदेशकारिण:

Transliteration

śiṣṭaṃ tatra manas tāta indriyāṇi ca bhārata | āgacchanti yathākālaṃ guroḥ saṃdeśakāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩言：“爱子啊，婆罗多啊，于彼处心与诸根尚有余存。婆罗多之后裔啊，它们随时而来、随时而去，如弟子唯依师命而行。”

Word by Word

• शिष्टम्: remaining, left over
• शिष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट (√शास्-क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there, in that state
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तात: dear one (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इन्द्रियाणि: sense-organs
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आगच्छन्ति: they come, arrive
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कालम्: time (at the proper time)
• कालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गुरोः: of the teacher
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सन्देशकारिणः: message-carriers; those who carry out (the teacher's) instruction
• सन्देशकारिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देशकारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भरतनन्दन: O delight of Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)
• guru
• śiṣya (disciples, implied by comparison)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even for one who is liberated while living, the mind and senses may continue to function due to residual momentum (prārabdha). Yet they no longer rule the person; they operate in an orderly, time-bound way, like disciplined students obeying a guru.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, he explains the post-realization condition: the self is established in the Supreme, while the remaining psycho-physical instruments (mind and senses) continue their limited activity until the body’s destined course ends.