Shloka 31
धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)
Devanagari script
भविष्यतां वर्ततां च भूतानां चैव भारत
Transliteration
bhaviṣyatāṁ vartatāṁ ca bhūtānāṁ caiva bhārata
Translation
噢，婆罗多啊，此事关乎未来将生之众生、当下现存之众生，以及往昔已然存在之众生——贯通三世，涵盖道德秩序中的一切有情。
Word by Word
भविष्यताम्of the future (beings/things)
भविष्यताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभविष्यत्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
वर्तताम्of the present (beings/things)
वर्तताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवर्तमान
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
भूतानाम्of past beings/things
भूतानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
अर्जुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhārata (addressee, descendant of Bharata)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
The line frames the discussion as universally applicable across time—future, present, and past—implying that the ethical principle under consideration is not situational but grounded in a timeless moral order affecting all beings.
Arjuna addresses the listener as “Bhārata” and introduces a point meant to encompass all beings across the three times, signaling a shift from a personal concern to a comprehensive, time-spanning ethical or metaphysical claim.