Shloka 21

सूक्ष्मभूत-भूतात्मविज्ञानम्

Knowing the subtle principle and the bhūtātman through yoga

Devanagari script

एवं प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य निर्भयस्य निराशिष: । न मृत्युरतिगो भाव: स मृत्युमधिगच्छति,इस प्रकार जो ज्ञानानन्दसे तृप्त होकर भय और कामनाओंसे रहित हो गया है, उसपर मृत्युका जोर नहीं चलता। वह स्वयं ही मृत्युको लाँध जाता है

Transliteration

evaṁ prajñāna-tṛptasya nirbhayasya nirāśiṣaḥ | na mṛtyur atigo bhāvaḥ sa mṛtyum adhigacchati ||

Translation

قال فياسا: هكذا، من امتلأ رضًا بالحكمة المستيقظة، وكان لا يخاف وخاليًا من الشهوة، لا يكون للموت عليه سلطانٌ قاهر. فمثل هذا، ثابتٌ في الحرية الباطنة، يعبر متجاوزًا الموت ذاته.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्यof one satisfied with wisdom

निर्भयस्यof the fearless (one)

निराशिषःof one without desires/expectations

नnot

मृत्युःdeath

अतिगःone who overcomes/passes beyond

भावःstate/condition (i.e., being overpowered)

सःhe

मृत्युम्death

अधिगच्छतिattains/reaches (overcomes)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Mṛtyu (Death)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person who is inwardly fulfilled by true wisdom, and who has abandoned fear and craving, is not dominated by death; freedom from desire and fear is presented as the ethical and spiritual basis for transcending mortality.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a general principle about the liberated or steady-minded person: inner contentment born of wisdom removes the grip of fear and desire, and therefore death is no longer an overpowering threat.