Shloka 27

Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)

Devanagari script

न त्वस्य रमते बुद्धिराश्रमेषु नराधिप । त्रिषु गार्हस्थ्यमूलेषु मोक्षधर्मानुदर्शिन:,नरेश्वर! वे मोक्षधर्मपर ही दृष्टि रखते थे; अतः उनकी बुद्धि गार्हस्थ्य आश्रमपर अवलम्बित रहनेवाले तीनों आश्रमोंमें प्रसन्नताका अनुभव नहीं करती थी

Transliteration

na tv asya ramate buddhir āśrameṣu narādhipa | triṣu gārhasthya-mūleṣu mokṣa-dharmānudarśinaḥ ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «غير أن عقله لم يجد لذّة في الآشرمات (āśrama)، أي المراحل الثلاث من الحياة التي تقوم على حال ربّ البيت، أيها الملك. لأنه كان ممن يثبت نظره على دارما الخلاص (mokṣa).»

Word by Word

nanot

tubut

asyaof him / his

ramatedelights / takes pleasure

buddhiḥmind / intellect

āśrameṣuin the āśramas (stages of life)

nara-adhipaO king (lord of men)

triṣuin the three

gārhasthya-mūleṣuin those rooted in householdership

mokṣa-dharmānudarśinaḥthose who contemplate/observe the dharmas of liberation

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

narādhipa (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A mind oriented toward mokṣa (liberation) does not naturally take pleasure in the conventional āśrama pursuits grounded in household life; liberation-focused dharma reshapes what one finds fulfilling.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing the king, characterizes a certain person’s disposition: because he was devoted to mokṣa-dharma, he felt no satisfaction in the three life-stages dependent on the householder foundation.