Shloka 6

Devanagari script

इत्येवं हृदयग्रन्थिं बुद्धिचिन्तामयं दूढम्‌ । अनित्यं सुखमासीत अशोचंश्छिन्नसंशय:,साधकको चाहिये कि बुद्धिके चिन्ता आदि धर्मोंसे सुदृढ़ हुई हृदयकी अविद्यामयी अनित्य ग्रन्थिको उपर्युक्त प्रकारसे काटकर शोक और संदेहसे रहित हो सुखपूर्वक परमात्मस्वरूपमें स्थित हो जाय

Transliteration

ity evaṁ hṛdaya-granthiṁ buddhi-cintā-mayaṁ dūḍham | anityaṁ sukham āsīta aśocañ chinna-saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “Thus, having cut through the heart’s knot—firmly tightened by the mind’s and intellect’s habitual brooding—one should abide in a happiness that is not dependent on what is transient, becoming free from grief and with all doubt severed, resting steadily in the Self.”

Word by Word

इतिthus

एवम्in this manner

हृदयग्रन्थिम्the knot of the heart

बुद्धिचिन्तामयम्consisting of (mere) thought of the intellect

दृढम्firm, strong

अनित्यम्impermanent

सुखम्happiness, ease

आसीतwas; sat; remained

अशोचन्did not grieve

छिन्नसंशयःone whose doubts are cut off

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

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?

The verse teaches inner liberation: by cutting the ‘knot of the heart’—the deep-seated bondage of ignorance and attachment reinforced by mental and intellectual rumination—one becomes free from grief and doubt and abides steadily in Self-grounded peace.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva’s mokṣa-oriented discourse, summarizing the practical outcome of the prior teaching: the seeker should sever the inner bondage and thereby attain a stable, sorrowless, doubtless state of abiding in the highest reality.