Shloka 134

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तानि तानि तु संचिन्त्य सड्रस्थानान्यरिंदम । आत्मना55त्मनि सम्पश्येत्‌ किमन्यन्मुक्तलक्षणम्‌

Transliteration

tāni tāni tu sañcintya ṣaḍr̥sthānāny ariṃdama | ātmanā ātmani sampaśyet kim anyan mukta-lakṣaṇam ||

Translation

হে অরিন্দম! সেই নানাবিধ বিষয়ক পুনঃপুনঃ চিন্তা কৰি সিহঁতক আসক্তিৰ স্থান বুলি জানি, নিজৰ অন্তৰবোধে আত্মাত আত্মাক দৰ্শন কৰা—ইয়াৰ বাহিৰে মুক্তিৰ আৰু কি লক্ষণ?

Word by Word

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तानि: those (very same things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संचिन्त्य: having reflected upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-चिन्त्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• सड्रस्थानानि: the six stations/abodes (i.e., loci)
• सड्रस्थानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सड्रस्थान (षड्-स्थान)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अरिंदम: O subduer of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आत्मना: by the self
• आत्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आत्मनि: in the self
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सम्पश्येत्: should see/should perceive
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पश्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), Non-past (modal), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अन्यत्: other (than this)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मुक्तलक्षणम्: the mark/characteristic of the liberated (one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्त-लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yudhishthira (implied by ariṃdama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is marked by clear inner vision: recognizing external objects as occasions for attachment and turning awareness inward to directly perceive the Self in oneself.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues his discourse on renunciation and liberation, defining the practical sign of a liberated person as inward Self-perception grounded in detachment.