Shloka 28

अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion

Devanagari script

भीष्मपर्वणि तु अष्टाविंशोड ध्याय:

Transliteration

yatendriya-manobuddhir munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ | vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ ||

Translation

The sage who has mastered his senses, mind, and intellect, and who is wholly devoted to liberation—free from desire, fear, and anger—is, in truth, ever liberated.

Word by Word

• यत: restrained, self-controlled
• यत: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्रिय: sense-organ(s)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मनः: mind
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बुद्धिः: intellect
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्ष: liberation
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परायणः: devoted/intent upon
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विगत: gone, free from
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इच्छा: desire
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भय: fear
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्रोधः: anger
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• मुक्तः: liberated, free
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• muni
• mokṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is characterized by inner mastery: when a person has disciplined the senses, mind, and intellect and has transcended desire, fear, and anger, that person is considered ever free—liberation is expressed as a stable ethical-psychological state, not merely a distant goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s teaching context, the verse describes the qualities of a liberation-oriented sage, emphasizing the inner conditions that make one ‘always free’ even amid worldly circumstances.