Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

विमुक्त: सर्वसंस्कारैस्ततो ब्रह्म सनातनम्‌ । परमाप्रोति संशान्तमचलं नित्यमक्षरम्‌

Transliteration

vimuktaḥ sarvasaṃskāraiḥ tato brahma sanātanam | paramāpnoti saṃśāntam acalaṃ nityam akṣaram ||

Translation

Der Brāhmaṇa sprach: Wer von allen Saṃskāras—prägenden Eindrücken und rituell-mentalen Formungen—frei geworden ist, gelangt zum ewigen Brahman, zur höchsten Wirklichkeit: friedvoll, unbeweglich, immerwährend und unvergänglich.

Word by Word

• विमुक्तः: freed, released
• विमुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त (वि+मुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वसंस्कारैः: from all impressions/conditionings (saṃskāras)
• सर्वसंस्कारैः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसंस्कार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (the Absolute)
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नोति: attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संशान्तम्: fully tranquil
• संशान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशान्त (सम्+शम्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अचलम्: immovable
• अचलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यम्: everlasting
• नित्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्षरम्: imperishable
• अक्षरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)
• ब्रह्म / परब्रह्म परमात्मा (Brahman, Supreme Self)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation comes through freedom from all saṃskāras—deep conditioning and constructed mental-ritual formations. When these cease to bind, one attains the eternal, imperishable Brahman characterized by complete peace and unshakable steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker delivers a doctrinal statement on the highest goal (Brahman-realization), describing the state reached by a person who has become detached from all conditioning and thus attains the tranquil, immutable Supreme Reality.