Shloka 35
Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
ततोऽहमपि यास्यामि किं यज्ञैः किं जपेन मे ।
कृतकृत्यस्य करणं ब्रह्मभावाय कल्पते ॥
tato 'ham api yāsyāmi kiṃ yajñaiḥ kiṃ japena me /
kṛtakṛtyasya karaṇaṃ brahmabhāvāya kalpate
সেয়ে মইও সন্ন্যাস-মাৰ্গলৈ প্ৰস্থান কৰিম। যজ্ঞৰ কি প্ৰয়োজন, জপৰ কি প্ৰয়োজন? যি কৃতকৃত্য, তাৰ বাবে পৰৱৰ্তী ‘কৰ্ম’ কেৱল ব্ৰহ্মস্বভাৱত প্ৰতিষ্ঠা লাভৰ বাবেই হয়।
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FAQs
The verse contrasts external ritual action (yajña, japa) with inner completion (kṛtakṛtyatā). Once discernment and detachment are mature, ritual is no longer pursued as a means of worldly merit, but the remaining ‘action’ is oriented solely to steady abidance in Brahman—i.e., liberation rather than reward.
This passage is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita material; it belongs to didactic-dharma and mokṣa instruction embedded in narrative (often treated under vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling, but functionally an upadeśa on nivṛtti).
‘Kṛtakṛtya’ indicates the inner sacrifice is complete: egoic striving is relinquished. Yajña and japa symbolize disciplined means; their culmination is silence/steadiness in Brahman (brahmabhāva), where the doer-sense dissolves.