Shloka 25

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तादेव सम्भूत: समसंज्ञां गत: पुन: । तमोरजो भ्यां निर्मुक्त: सत्त्वमास्थाय केवलम्‌

Transliteration

avyaktād eva sambhūtaḥ samasaṃjñāṃ gataḥ punaḥ | tamo-rajobhyāṃ nirmuktaḥ sattvam āsthāya kevalam ||

Translation

قال فايُو-ديفا: «إنه ينشأ حقّاً من غير المتجلّي (avyakta)، ثم يعود فيبلغ حالَ التوازن التام. وقد تحرّر من قيدي الظلمة (tamas) والاضطراب (rajas)، فيقيم معتمداً على الصفاء (sattva) وحده.»

Word by Word

• अव्यक्तात्: from the unmanifest
• अव्यक्तात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सम्भूतः: arisen/produced
• सम्भूतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• समसंज्ञाम्: the state/condition called 'sama' (equanimity)
• समसंज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समसंज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: having gone/attained
• गतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past active participle usage)

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• तमः: tamas (darkness/inertia)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रजः: rajas (activity/passion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भ्याम्: by/from the two (dual instrumental/ablative ending used with the preceding two nouns)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भ्याम्

• निर्मुक्तः: freed/released
• निर्मुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-मुच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सत्त्वम्: sattva (purity/clarity)
• सत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having resorted to/taken refuge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• केवलम्: alone/only (purely)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is framed as a movement from the unmanifest source into manifest life and then a return to equilibrium, achieved by transcending tamas (inertia/delusion) and rajas (restless desire) and stabilizing in sattva (clarity and harmony).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is explaining a philosophical process: how a principle/being arises from the Unmanifest, regains a balanced state, and becomes free by shedding tamas and rajas and abiding in sattva alone.