Shloka 19

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा पूर्वकृतं कर्म रतिर्यस्थ सदा55त्मनि । सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य गुणवर्गेष्वसज्जत:,जो अपने पूर्वकृत कर्मोके संस्कारोंका त्याग करके सदा परमात्मामें ही अनुराग रखता है, वह सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंका आत्मा हो जाता है और विषयोंमें कभी आसक्त नहीं होता

Transliteration

tyaktvā pūrvakṛtaṃ karma ratir yasya sadātmani | sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya guṇavargeṣv asajjataḥ ||

Translation

قال فياسا: من طرح الأثر المتبقي لأعمال الماضي، وثبّت محبته ثابتةً في الذات العُليا، صار كأنه ذاتُ جميع الكائنات؛ وبين جماعات موضوعات الحواس والصفات (الغونات) لا يقع قطّ في التعلّق.

Word by Word

त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned

पूर्वकृतम्previously done

कर्मaction, deed

रतिःattachment, love

यस्यof whom, whose

सदाalways

आत्मनिin the Self

सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्यof one who has become the Self of all beings

गुणवर्गेषुamong groups of qualities/objects (sense-objects)

असज्जतःof one who is not attached

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

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?

Renounce the binding force of past actions and keep one’s love fixed on the Self; then one realizes unity with all beings and remains unattached to the guṇa-made world of objects and experiences.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and inner peace, Vyāsa states a mark of the realized person: abandoning the pull of past karma, abiding in the Self, and remaining free from attachment to the guṇas and sense-objects.