Shloka 30

Devanagari script

योगयुक्ता महात्मानस्त्यागधर्ममुपेयुष: । अभिजममुर्बहून्‌ देशान्‌ सरित: सागरांस्तथा,वे सब-के-सब योगयुक्त महात्मा तथा त्याग-धर्मका पालन करनेवाले थे। उन्होंने अनेक देशों, नदियों और समुद्रोंकी यात्रा की

Transliteration

yogayuktā mahātmānas tyāgadharmam upeyuṣaḥ | abhijagmur bahūn deśān saritaḥ sāgarāṁs tathā ||

Translation

قال فَيَشَمْبَايَنَة: أولئك العظام النفوس، الراسخون في اليوغا وقد اعتنقوا دَرْمَ التخلّي، جابوا بلادًا كثيرة، وعبروا الأنهار والبحار كذلك.

Word by Word

योगयुक्ताःdisciplined in yoga / yoga-endowed

महात्मानःgreat-souled ones

त्यागधर्मम्the duty/principle of renunciation

उपेयुषःhaving attained / having adopted

अभिजग्मुःthey went to / they traversed

बहून्many

देशान्countries/regions

सरितःrivers

सागरान्oceans/seas

तथाand likewise / also

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

mahātmānaḥ (the great-souled ones)

deśāḥ (lands/regions)

saritaḥ (rivers)

sāgarāḥ (seas/oceans)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tyāga-dharma—renunciation as a lived ethical discipline—supported by yoga (inner steadiness). The emphasis is on moving through the world without clinging, treating the final journey as a practice of detachment and spiritual integration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the great-souled travelers as proceeding onward in their final departure, traversing many regions and crossing rivers and seas, indicating the vastness and resolve of their journey.