Shloka 22

Yajña-bhāga-vyavasthā and the Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti Framework (यज्ञभागव्यवस्था तथा प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मविवेचनम्)

Devanagari script

आदित्यपर्वत॑ नाम दुर्धर्षमकृतात्मभि: । न तत्र शक्यते गन्तुं यक्षराक्षसदानवै:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | ādityaparvataṁ nāma durdharṣam akṛtātmabhiḥ | na tatra śakyate gantuṁ yakṣarākṣasadānavaiḥ |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：有一座山名为阿底提耶帕尔瓦塔（Ādityaparvata），对未能自制者而言坚不可犯。夜叉、罗刹与达那婆全然不能抵达。那座精舍周围，尊主商羯罗以炽火环护，使其峰顶——名为阿底提耶吉利（Ādityagiri）——对缺乏戒律之人不可接近。

Word by Word

• {'ādityaparvataḥ': 'the mountain named Ādityaparvata', 'parvata / giri': 'mountain

• peak', 'nāma': 'by name

• called', 'durdharṣa': 'hard to assail

• formidable', 'akṛtātman': 'one who has not disciplined/formed the self

• lacking self-mastery', 'na ... śakyate': 'it is not possible', 'gantum': 'to go

• to reach', 'tatra': 'there', 'yakṣa': 'a class of nature-spirits/guardians', 'rākṣasa': 'a class of fierce beings/demons', 'dānava': 'a class of Asura beings, often hostile to gods', 'bhagavān': 'the Blessed Lord', 'śaṅkara': 'Śiva', 'āśrama': 'hermitage

• sacred dwelling of ascetics', 'prajvalita-agni': 'blazing fire', 'paritaḥ': 'all around

• surrounding', 'āditiyagiri': 'the peak named Ādityagiri'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Ādityaparvata
• Ādityagiri
• Āśrama (hermitage)
• Agni (blazing fire, as a protective ring)
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Dānavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred and higher realms are not accessed by force or mere power; they require self-mastery (kṛtātmatā). Divine protection (here, Śaṅkara’s encircling fire) symbolizes that unrighteous or undisciplined beings are naturally barred from places sustained by tapas and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a formidable mountain and a hermitage protected by Śiva with a ring of blazing fire. The summit, called Ādityagiri/Ādityaparvata, cannot be reached by Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, or Dānavas, emphasizing its inviolability.