Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 10

अध्याय ३२३ — श्वेतद्वीपगमनम्, यज्ञभाग-विवादः, एकान्तिभक्त्या नारायणदर्शन-नियमः (Śvetadvīpa Journey; Dispute over Sacrificial Share; Rule of Nārāyaṇa-vision through Single-minded Devotion)

Devanagari script

अन्न ते वर्तयिष्यामि जन्मयोगफलं तथा । शुकस्याग्रयां गतिं चैव दुर्विदामकृतात्मभि:

Transliteration

anna te vartayiṣyāmi janmayogaphalaṃ tathā | śukasyāgrayāṃ gatiṃ caiva durvidām akṛtātmabhiḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，我将为你叙述圣者舒迦（Śuka）的出生缘起、他以瑜伽所得之果，以及他那至高归宿——此境界，未能自胜其心者难以领会。”

Word by Word

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• वर्तयिष्यामि: I shall relate / narrate
• वर्तयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तयति)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• योगफलम्: the fruit/result of yoga
• योगफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: and also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शुकस्य: of Śuka
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अग्रयाम्: excellent; foremost
• अग्रयाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: course; state; final goal
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• दुर्विदाम्: hard to be known/understood
• दुर्विदाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्विद
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अकृतात्मभिः: by the unself-controlled (lit. those whose self is not perfected)
• अकृतात्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकृतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śuka (Śukadeva)
• Rājan (the King—Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual attainment (the ‘supreme gati’) is grasped through self-mastery and yogic discipline; those lacking inner control (akṛtātmānaḥ) find such states difficult to understand.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing the king, announces that he will narrate Śuka’s birth account, the results of his yoga, and the exalted destination he attained—setting up a didactic story about renunciation and realization.