Shloka 29

Devanagari script

गृहानुत्सृज्य यो राजन्‌ मोक्षमेवाभिपद्यते । लोकास्तेजोमयास्तस्य कल्पन्ते शाश्वती: समा:,राजन! जो घर-बार को छोड़कर मोक्षमार्गाका ही आश्रय लेता है, उसे अनन्त वर्षोके लिये दिव्य तेजोमय लोक प्राप्त होते हैं

Transliteration

gṛhān utsṛjya yo rājan mokṣam evābhipadyate | lokās tejo-mayās tasya kalpante śāśvatīḥ samāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O King, one who renounces household life and takes refuge solely in the path of liberation attains radiant, divine realms—worlds made of spiritual splendor—enduring for countless years.”

Word by Word

गृहान्houses, home

उत्सृज्यhaving abandoned, leaving behind

यःwho

राजन्O king

मोक्षम्liberation

एवindeed, only

अभिपद्यतेattains, resorts to

लोकाःworlds, realms

तेजोमयाःmade of radiance, luminous

तस्यof him, for him

कल्पन्तेare allotted, become (available)

शाश्वतीःeternal, everlasting

समाःyears

राजन्O king

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

rājan (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

gṛha (household life)

mokṣa

tejomaya lokāḥ (radiant divine realms)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renouncing attachment to household life and committing oneself wholly to mokṣa is praised as a superior spiritual choice, leading to exalted, luminous realms and long-lasting spiritual fruition.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he highlights the merit and spiritual consequence of choosing the path of liberation through renunciation.