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Shloka 13

शुकस्य योगसिद्धिः (Śuka’s Yogic Attainment and Ascent)

Devanagari script

एवं भूतेषु भूतात्मा नित्यभूतो<च्रुवेषु च । कथं हि हृष्येज्जातेषु मृतेषु च कथं ज्वरेत्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ bhūteṣu bhūtātmā nityabhūto 'dhruveṣu ca | kathaṁ hi hṛṣyej jāteṣu mṛteṣu ca kathaṁ jvaret ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“既然一切具身众生皆会败坏，那么内住其中的永恒自性，怎会在他们出生时理当欢喜，又为何在他们死去时燃起悲恸？智者洞见世间境况的动荡无常与内在自性的相续，不令喜与忧因生与死而起。”

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

भूतेषुin beings

भूतात्माthe being-souled one (the Self in beings)

नित्यभूतःever-existent

ध्रुवेषुamong the fixed/inevitable (states)

चand

कथम्how?

हिindeed, for

हृष्येत्would rejoice

जातेषुwhen (they are) born; among the born

मृतेषुwhen (they are) dead; among the dead

चand

कथम्how?

ज्वरेत्would grieve; would be distressed

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

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

What is the core teaching?

The indwelling Self is eternal, while embodied beings and their conditions are impermanent; therefore one should not be carried away by elation at birth or grief at death, cultivating steadiness through discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and right conduct, Bhishma continues advising the listener on wisdom and emotional restraint, framing birth and death as events in the perishable realm that should not disturb one who understands the Self.