Shloka 131

Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)

Devanagari script

यस्य सर्वे समारम्भा निराशीर्बन्धना द्विज

Transliteration

yasya sarve samārambhā nirāśīrbandhanā dvija

Translation

Dijo Bharadvāja: «Oh, dos veces nacido, aquel cuyas empresas todas están libres de ansia y de las cadenas del apego…»

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• समारम्भाः: undertakings/initiatives
• समारम्भाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समारम्भ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• निराशीः: free from expectation/without desire
• निराशीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराशी
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• बन्धनात्: from bondage/from attachment
• बन्धनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse points to an ethical ideal of action without craving for outcomes and without attachment that binds—undertaking duties with inner freedom rather than desire-driven compulsion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bharadvāja addresses a ‘dvija’ and begins describing the qualities of a person whose actions are untainted by expectation and bondage, as part of a broader Shānti Parva discourse on right conduct and liberation-oriented living.