Shloka 24

Devanagari script

समस्य सर्वभूतेषु निर्ममस्य जितात्मन: । समन्तात्‌ परिमुक्तस्य न भयं विद्यते क्वचित्‌,प्राण, जिह्ला, मन और रजोगुणसहित सत्त्वगगुण--ये रज अर्थात्‌ मायासहित सद्धाव हैं। इन भावोंसे मुक्त निर्दन्द्ध, निष्काम, समस्त प्राणियोंके प्रति समभाव रखनेवाले, ममतारहित, जितात्मा तथा सब ओरसे बन्धनशून्य पुरुषको कभी और कहीं भी भय नहीं होता

Transliteration

samasya sarvabhūteṣu nirmamasya jitātmanaḥ | samantāt parimuktasya na bhayaṃ vidyate kvacit ||

Translation

The Brahmin said: For one who is even-minded toward all beings, free from possessiveness, self-controlled, and wholly released from bondage on every side, fear does not arise—at any time or in any place. The ethical point is that fear is sustained by attachment and identification; when these are relinquished through inner mastery and universal equanimity, the mind becomes unshakable.

Word by Word

समःequanimous

सर्वभूतेषुin/among all beings

निर्ममस्यof one without possessiveness

जितात्मनःof the self-controlled (one who has conquered the self)

समन्तात्on all sides, entirely

परिमुक्तस्यof one completely liberated

नnot

भयम्fear

विद्यतेexists, is found

क्वचित्anywhere, ever

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Fearlessness is the fruit of inner freedom: when a person becomes even-minded toward all beings, abandons possessiveness (‘mine-ness’), and masters the self, fear has no foothold anywhere.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker delivers a reflective teaching on spiritual psychology: bondage arises from attachment and egoic ownership, while complete release and equanimity lead to a state where fear cannot occur.