Shloka 53

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

Devanagari script

उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा शोकानन्दौ भयाभये । प्रियाप्रिये परित्यज्य प्रशान्तात्मा भविष्यति

Transliteration

ubhe satyānṛte tyaktvā śokānandau bhayābhaye | priyāpriye parityajya praśāntātmā bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

Having abandoned both truth and untruth—along with sorrow and joy, fear and fearlessness, and the pairs of the pleasant and the unpleasant—one becomes inwardly pacified.

Word by Word

• उभे: both (two)
• उभे: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: feminine, accusative, dual

• सत्यानृते: truth and untruth
• सत्यानृते: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + अनृत
• Form: neuter, accusative, dual

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral), non-finite

• शोकानन्दौ: sorrow and joy
• शोकानन्दौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक + आनन्द
• Form: masculine, accusative, dual

• भयाभये: fear and fearlessness
• भयाभये: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय + अभय
• Form: neuter, accusative, dual

• प्रियाप्रिये: the dear and the not-dear (pleasant and unpleasant)
• प्रियाप्रिये: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय + अप्रिय
• Form: neuter, accusative, dual

• परित्यज्य: having completely abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral), non-finite

• प्रशान्तात्मा: one whose self/mind is tranquil
• प्रशान्तात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशान्त + आत्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भविष्यति: will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: future (simple future), third, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that inner peace arises when a seeker relinquishes attachment to all opposites—truth/falsehood, sorrow/joy, fear/fearlessness, pleasant/unpleasant—so the mind is no longer pulled by reactive preferences and aversions.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa speaker delivers an instruction in the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, emphasizing spiritual discipline: the aspirant is urged to transcend worldly dualities to attain a tranquil, settled inner state.