Shloka 28

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

एकान्तभावोपगतास्ते भक्ता: पुरुषोत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

ekāntabhāvopagatās te bhaktāḥ puruṣottamam | te sthūlendriyair rahitā nirāhārā niḥśveṣṭā bhavanti | teṣāṃ śarīrāt manoharā sugandhiḥ nirgacchati | te bhagavataḥ ananyabhaktāḥ sahasrakiraṇavantaṃ sanātanadevaṃ bhagavantaṃ puruṣottamaṃ praviśanti ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：那些对至上之人——普鲁沙奥塔玛（Purushottama）——生起专一、排他之信奉的奉献者，便脱离粗重的感官活动；他们无需饮食而住，亦无躁动。其身常散发怡人的芬芳。以不移的一心为奉献者，他们终将融入——进入并安住于——那永恒之神普鲁沙奥塔玛，光耀如千道日辉。

Word by Word

• एकान्तभावोपगताः: having attained single-minded devotion
• एकान्तभावोपगताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकान्तभावोपगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भक्ताः: devotees
• भक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Purushottama (the Supreme Person)
• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविशन्ति: enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√विश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Puruṣottama (the Supreme Lord)
• devotees (bhaktāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-pointed, exclusive devotion (ekānta-bhāva, ananya-bhakti) transforms the practitioner: sensory restlessness falls away, bodily dependence diminishes, and the devotee ultimately attains union/abidance in the eternal Supreme Lord (Puruṣottama).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction in the Shanti Parva, he describes the marks and destiny of perfected devotees: they become still and sense-transcendent, exhibit a sanctified purity symbolized by a pleasant fragrance, and finally enter the radiant, eternal Lord Puruṣottama.