Shloka 6

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अनमित्रश्न निर्बन्धुरनपत्यश्न यः क्वचित्‌ । त्यक्तधर्मार्थकामश्न निराकाड्क्षी च मुच्यते

Transliteration

anamitraśn nirbandhur anapatyaśn yaḥ kvacit | tyaktadharmārthakāmaśn nirākāṅkṣī ca mucyate ||

Translation

قال البراهمن: من لا يعدّ أحداً، في أي حال، «صديقي» أو «قريبي» أو «ولدي»؛ ومن نبذ السعي إلى الدارما والثروة واللذة حين تحرّكه الشهوة؛ ومن خلا من كل توقٍ واشتهاء—فذلك ينال التحرّر.

Word by Word

• अमित्रः: one without (any) friend / who regards none as friend
• अमित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्बन्धुः: one without relatives/kinsmen
• निर्बन्धुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्बन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनपत्यः: childless / without offspring
• अनपत्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनपत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्वचित्: anywhere / ever / in any case
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित्
• Form: true

• त्यक्त: having abandoned
• त्यक्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मार्थकामः: dharma, artha and kāma (the three aims)
• धर्मार्थकामः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मार्थकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निराकाङ्क्षी: free from desires/expectations
• निराकाङ्क्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराकाङ्क्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• मुच्यते: is released / becomes liberated
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Lat (present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive (contextual)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation arises from inner non-possessiveness—not clinging to identities like ‘my friend/relative/child’—and from renouncing desire-motivated engagement with dharma, artha, and kāma, culminating in freedom from all craving (nirākāṅkṣā).

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker delivers an instruction on the marks of a liberated person, emphasizing detachment from social bonds and from goal-oriented striving, presenting a soteriological teaching within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s broader post-war reflective discourse.