Shloka 423

Devanagari script

गमिष्यामि विनिर्मुक्तो विशोको निर्मम: क्वचित्‌ | अतः मैं परिग्रह छोड़कर सारे राज्य और इसके सुखोंको लात मारकर बन्धनमुक्त हो शोक और ममतासे ऊपर उठकर, कहीं वनमें चला जाऊँगा

Transliteration

gamiṣyāmi vinirmukto viśoko nirmamaḥ kvacit |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “I shall depart somewhere, freed from all bonds—sorrowless and without possessiveness. Casting aside all acquisition, I will spurn this kingdom and its pleasures, rise above grief and ‘mine-ness,’ and go to the forest.”

Word by Word

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• गमिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विनिर्मुक्तः: freed, released
• विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि-निर्-मुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशोकः: free from sorrow
• विशोकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्ममः: without possessiveness (without 'mine-ness')
• निर्ममः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्वचित्: somewhere, at some place
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• kingdom (rājya)
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes vairāgya (dispassion): freedom from sorrow and possessiveness arises by relinquishing attachment to power, pleasure, and acquisition, orienting life toward inner liberation rather than external sovereignty.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the aftermath of war and amid moral anguish, Yudhiṣṭhira voices a resolve to abandon royal life—rejecting the kingdom’s enjoyments—and to seek peace through a forest life marked by detachment and release from worldly bonds.