Shloka 10

शुकस्य योगसिद्धिः (Śuka’s Yogic Attainment and Ascent)

Devanagari script

पथि सज्ज्तमेवेदं दारैरन्यैश्व बन्धुभि: । नायमत्यन्तसंवासो लब्धपूर्वो हि केनचित्‌

Transliteration

pathi sajjatam evedaṃ dāraiḥ anyaiś ca bandhubhiḥ | nāyam atyantasaṃvāso labdhapūrvo hi kenacit ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“看吧，在人生之路上，人会与妻子及其他亲族纠缠相系。然而，从未有人真正得到与他们绝对、不断裂的相聚；那种永恒同住并不存在。”

Word by Word

• पथि: on the path/way
• पथि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सज्जितम्: prepared/arranged
• सज्जितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्जित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दारैः: by/with wives
• दारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अन्यैः: by/with other
• अन्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• बन्धुभिः: by/with kinsmen/relatives
• बन्धुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अत्यन्तसंवासः: permanent/continuous cohabitation
• अत्यन्तसंवासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्यन्तसंवास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लब्धपूर्वः: previously obtained/experienced before
• लब्धपूर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्धपूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• केनचित्: by anyone (by some person)
• केनचित्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• dāra (spouse)
• bandhu (relatives/kinsmen)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma highlights the impermanence of worldly relationships: people become attached to spouse and kin, but no one secures an absolute, permanent togetherness. This supports a dharmic ethic of measured attachment and inner detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction, Bhīṣma is advising about the nature of human bonds and the limits of worldly companionship, steering the listener toward discernment and non-clinging amid family life.