Shloka 146

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

अविमुक्ता मरिष्यामस्तत्र का परिदेवना । 'सृंजय! मैं

Transliteration

avimuktā mariṣyāmas tatra kā paridevanā |

Translation

قال فايُو: «لسنا متحررين من قيود اللذة والألم؛ وسيأتي يوم نموت فيه جميعًا. فبأي وجه يكون النحيب؟»

Word by Word

• अविमुक्ताः: not freed (unreleased)
• अविमुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविमुक्त (वि+मुच् क्त; न-प्रत्ययेन)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मरिष्यामः: we shall die
• मरिष्यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 1st, Plural

• तत्र: there/then (in that situation)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• का: what (which?)
• का: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (प्रश्न-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परिदेवना: lamentation, grieving
• परिदेवना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिदेवना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Since all beings remain bound by worldly dualities (pleasure and pain) and are inevitably subject to death, grief cannot change the truth of impermanence; one should cultivate composure and discernment instead of lamentation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva delivers a concise philosophical admonition that confronts the inevitability of death and questions the usefulness of mourning, functioning as counsel meant to steady the listener’s mind and reduce sorrow.