Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 14

Bondage and Liberation Under Māyā; Two Birds Analogy; Marks of the Saintly Devotee

Devanagari script

यस्य स्युर्वीतसङ्कल्पा: प्राणेन्द्रियमनोधियाम् । वृत्तय: स विनिर्मुक्तो देहस्थोऽपि हि तद्गुणै: ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

yasya syur vīta-saṅkalpāḥ prāṇendriya-mano-dhiyām vṛttayaḥ sa vinirmukto deha-stho ’pi hi tad-guṇaiḥ

Translation

Se considera plenamente liberado a quien las funciones de su energía vital, sentidos, mente e inteligencia se realizan sin deseo material. Aunque permanezca en el cuerpo, no queda enredado por sus cualidades.

Synonyms

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive: whose)

• स्युः: are/may be
• स्युः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘may be/are’ (contextual)

• वीतसङ्कल्पाः: free from intentions
• वीतसङ्कल्पाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीत (कृदन्त; √वा/√वी (धातु) + क्त, ‘gone away’) + सङ्कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘वीतः सङ्कल्पः येषाम्’ = whose intentions are gone

• प्राणेन्द्रियमनोधियाम्: of the life-airs, senses, mind, and intellect
• प्राणेन्द्रियमनोधियाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (धि-प्रधान) / समाहारद्वन्द्व-समूह, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘of prāṇa, senses, mind, and intellect’

• वृत्तयः: functions/activities
• वृत्तयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृपद (subject)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विनिर्मुक्तः: fully liberated
• विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; वि-निर्-√मुच् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (fully released)

• देहस्थः: situated in the body
• देहस्थः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त; √स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘देहे स्थितः’ (tatpuruṣa)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• तद्गुणैः: by those qualities (of it)
• तद्गुणैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘तस्य गुणैः’ (by its qualities); करण

Purport

The material body and mind are subject to lamentation, illusion, hunger, lust, greed, insanity, frustration, etc., but one who remains active in this world without attachment is considered vinirmukta, or completely liberated. The vital energy, senses, mind and intelligence are purified when engaged in the devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, as confirmed throughout Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Krishna

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about liberation while living (jīvanmukti)?

This verse says that when the life-air, senses, mind, and intelligence no longer act with material intention (saṅkalpa), one is liberated even within the body, untouched by the material modes.

Why did Krishna say this to Uddhava in the Uddhava Gita?

Krishna instructs Uddhava on the marks of real freedom: not merely bodily renunciation, but inner cessation of material resolve so that one lives in the world without being bound by it.

Practical application of being free from saṅkalpa in modern life?

Act responsibly, but reduce ego-driven planning and craving; align decisions with devotion and duty, so the mind and senses serve higher purpose rather than compulsive desire.