Shloka 33

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

य एवममृतं नित्यमग्राहां शश्वदक्षरम्‌ । वश्यात्मानमसंश्लटिष्टं यो वेद न मृतो भवेत्‌,जो इस प्रकार चेतन आत्माको अमृतस्वरूप, नित्य, इन्द्रियातीत, सनातन, अक्षर, जितात्मा एवं असंग समझता है, वह कभी मृत्युके बन्धनमें नहीं पड़ता

Transliteration

ya evam amṛtaṁ nityam agrāhyaṁ śaśvad akṣaram | vaśyātmānam asaṁśliṣṭaṁ yo veda na mṛto bhavet ||

Translation

Vāyu said: Whoever truly knows the conscious Self in this way—as deathless, eternal, beyond the grasp of the senses, everlasting and imperishable; as one who has mastered oneself and remains unattached—such a person does not fall into the bondage of death.

Word by Word

यःwho

एवम्thus, in this manner

अमृतम्the immortal (principle), immortality

नित्यम्eternal, constant

अग्राह्यम्not graspable (by senses/mind)

शश्वत्always, perpetually

अक्षरम्imperishable

वश्यात्मानम्one whose self is controlled (self-controlled)

असंश्लिष्टम्unattached, not conjoined

यःwho

वेदknows

नnot

मृतःdead

भवेत्would be, becomes

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

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?

Realized knowledge of the Self as immortal, imperishable, beyond sensory grasp, combined with self-mastery and non-attachment, frees one from the bondage of death—i.e., from fear, clinging, and the cycle of mortal limitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is speaking a doctrinal instruction: he defines the nature of the true Self and states the fruit of knowing it—freedom from death’s bondage—thereby guiding the listener toward inner discipline and detachment.