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Shloka 13

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

सर्वसंस्कारनिर्मुक्तो निर्द्धन्द्रो निष्परिग्रह: । तपसा इन्द्रियग्रामं यश्नरेन्मुक्त एव सः,जो सब प्रकारके संस्कारोंसे रहित, द्वद्ध और परिग्रहसे रहित हो गया है तथा जो तपस्याके द्वारा इन्द्रिय-समूहको अपने वशमें करके (अनासक्त) भावसे विचरता है, वह मुक्त ही है

sarvasaṃskāranirmukto nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ | tapasendriyagrāmaṃ yaśnarenmukta eva saḥ ||

Der Brāhmaṇa sprach: Wer alle Saṃskāras—alle Prägungen und Gewohnheitsspuren—abgeworfen hat, frei ist von den Gegensatzpaaren und von Besitzgier, und wer durch Askese die ganze Schar der Sinne bezwungen hat und ohne Anhaftung umhergeht, der ist als bereits befreit zu betrachten.

सर्वसंस्कारनिर्मुक्तःfreed from all saṃskāras/conditioning
सर्वसंस्कारनिर्मुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वसंस्कारनिर्मुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निर्द्वन्द्वःfree from pairs of opposites
निर्द्वन्द्वः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्द्वन्द्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निष्परिग्रहःwithout possessions/without grasping
निष्परिग्रहः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिष्परिग्रह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
इन्द्रियग्रामम्the collection of senses
इन्द्रियग्रामम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रियग्राम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यश्नरेत्should restrain/control
यश्नरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootयम्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
मुक्तःliberated
मुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

ब्राह्मण उवाच

B
brāhmaṇa (speaker)
I
indriyagrāma (the senses)

Educational Q&A

Liberation is characterized not by external status but by inner freedom: release from conditioning (saṃskāra), equanimity beyond dualities (nirdvandva), non-possessiveness (niṣparigraha), and disciplined mastery of the senses through tapas, enabling unattached conduct in the world.

In Ashvamedhika Parva, a brāhmaṇa voice presents a didactic teaching on the marks of a liberated person, defining mokṣa-oriented life through renunciation, sense-restraint, and equanimity rather than ritual or social identity.