Shloka 28

Viśvarūpa-darśana (The Vision of the Universal Form) — महायोगेश्वरस्य विश्वरूपदर्शनम्

Devanagari script

सम्बन्ध--इस प्रकार समस्त कमोंको आपके अर्पण करनेसे कया होगा; इस जिज्ञासापर कहते हैं-- शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनै: । संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्माः विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि,इस प्रकार, जिसमें समस्त कर्म मुझ भगवानके अर्पण होते हैं--ऐसे संन्यासयोगसे युक्त चित्तवाला तू शुभाशुभ फलरूप कर्मान्धनसे मुक्त हो जायगा और उनसे मुक्त होकर मुझको ही प्राप्त होगाः

Transliteration

śubhāśubhaphalair evaṁ mokṣyase karmabandhanaiḥ | saṁnyāsayogayuktātmā vimukto mām upaiṣyasi ||

Translation

So wirst du, indem du Mir alle Handlungen darbringst, von der Fessel des Karma befreit, die sich als günstige und ungünstige Früchte zeigt. Mit deinem Inneren, das durch den Yoga der Entsagung gezügelt ist, wirst du frei; und befreit wirst du Mich allein erreichen.

Word by Word

शुभाशुभफलैःby (means of) auspicious and inauspicious fruits

एवम्thus

मोक्ष्यसेyou will be freed

कर्मबन्धनैःfrom the bonds of action

संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्माone whose self is disciplined/engaged in the yoga of renunciation

विमुक्तःfreed, released

माम्me

उपैष्यसिyou will attain/approach

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛṣṇa (implied by mām, the speaker of the teaching)

Arjuna (addressed as 'you')

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renounce possessiveness over actions and their outcomes by offering all deeds to the Lord; then the binding power of karma—manifesting as good and bad results—falls away, leading to liberation and attainment of the Divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the war setting of Bhīṣma Parva, Kṛṣṇa instructs Arjuna on how to act without being bound by consequences: perform duty, surrender the fruits, cultivate renunciatory discipline, and thereby move toward freedom and union with the Lord.