Shloka 38

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

प्रश्निता विनयोपेता दमनित्या: सुसंशिता: । प्रयान्ति स्थानमजरं सर्वकर्मविवर्जिता:,जो लोग (संन्यासकी दीक्षा ले) अग्निहोत्रका त्याग करके उदासीनभावसे सब कुछ देखते रहते हैं और सब प्रकारकी चिन्ताओंसे रहित हो क्रमश: कल्याणकारी कर्मके पथपर आरूढ़ होकर नम्रता, विनय और इन्द्रियसंयम आदि गुणोंको अपनाते तथा तीक्ष्ण व्रतका पालन करते हैं, वे सब कर्मोंसे रहित हो अविनाशी पदको प्राप्त कर लेते हैं

Transliteration

praśnitā vinayopetā damanityāḥ su-saṃśitāḥ | prayānti sthānam ajaraṃ sarva-karma-vivarjitāḥ ||

Translation

যারা প্রশ্নিত ও পরীক্ষিত হয়েও বিনয়ে স্থিত থাকে, নিত্য সংযমে নিয়োজিত এবং সুপ্রশিক্ষিত—তারা সকল কর্মবন্ধন ত্যাগ করে অজর অবস্থানে গমন করে।

Word by Word

प्रश्निताःquestioned / examined / instructed (having been asked)

विनय-उपेताःendowed with humility/discipline

दम-नित्याःconstantly self-controlled

सु-संशिताःwell-trained / well-disciplined

प्रयान्तिgo / attain

स्थानम्state / abode / position

अजरम्ageless / undecaying

सर्व-कर्म-विवर्जिताःfree from all actions (renouncing all acts)

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

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?

Liberation is presented as the fruit of disciplined renunciation: humility (vinaya), self-restraint (dama), and firm training in vows lead one beyond binding action to the imperishable, unaging state.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, the sage Parāśara describes the qualities and trajectory of renunciants/ascetics: when tested and instructed, they remain humble and controlled, and thus attain the unaging goal free from karmic entanglement.