Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 130 - Mahabharata | German | Vedapath

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Shloka 130

Devanagari script

वासुदेवाश्रयो मर्त्यो वासुदेवपरायण: । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति ब्रह्म सनातनम्‌,जो मनुष्य वासुदेवके आश्रित और उनके परायण है, वह समस्त पापोंसे छूटकर विशुद्ध अन्त:ः:करणवाला हो सनातन परब्रह्मको पाता है

Transliteration

vāsudevāśrayo martyo vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti brahma sanātanam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Der Sterbliche, der bei Vāsudeva Zuflucht nimmt und Vāsudeva zu seinem höchsten Ziel macht, wird von allen Sünden gereinigt; mit einem klaren, makellosen Inneren gelangt er zum ewigen Brahman.

Word by Word

वासुदेवाश्रयःhaving Vāsudeva as refuge; dependent on Vāsudeva

मर्त्यःa mortal; human being

वासुदेवपरायणःdevoted to Vāsudeva; having Vāsudeva as the supreme goal

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्माwhose inner self is purified of all sins

यातिgoes; attains

ब्रह्मBrahman; the Absolute

सनातनम्eternal

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Brahman (sanātana brahma)

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?

Single-point refuge in Vāsudeva and making him one’s highest end purifies the person from all pāpa (moral and spiritual demerit) and leads to the attainment of sanātana brahma (the eternal Absolute). Devotion is presented as an ethical-spiritual discipline that transforms the inner self.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction setting, Bhīṣma is teaching Yudhiṣṭhira about dharma and the highest means to spiritual welfare. Here he emphasizes that wholehearted reliance on Vāsudeva results in inner purification and final liberation.