Shloka 72

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

मनीषिणो हि ये केचिद्‌ यतयो मोक्षधर्मिण: । तेषां विच्छिन्नतृष्णानां योगक्षेमवहो हरि:

Transliteration

manīṣiṇo hi ye kecid yatayo mokṣa-dharmiṇaḥ | teṣāṃ vicchinna-tṛṣṇānāṃ yoga-kṣema-vaho hariḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Entre los ascetas sabios entregados a la disciplina de la liberación, cuya sed de deseo ha sido cortada por completo, es Hari (Nārāyaṇa) mismo quien carga con su yoga-kṣema: obtener lo necesario y salvaguardar lo ya obtenido.

Word by Word

• मनीषिणः: wise men, sages
• मनीषिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some (certain ones)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क + चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यतयः: ascetics, strivers
• यतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मोक्षधर्मिणः: following the dharma of liberation
• मोक्षधर्मिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्षधर्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• विच्छिन्नतृष्णानाम्: whose craving is cut off (desireless)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विच्छिन्नतृष्ण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• योगक्षेमवहः: bearing/procuring their welfare and security
• योगक्षेमवहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगक्षेमवह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Hari (Nārāyaṇa/Viṣṇu)
• yatayaḥ (ascetics)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a seeker’s craving is cut off and life is dedicated to mokṣa-dharma, the Lord Himself assumes the ‘yoga-kṣema’—providing what is truly needed and safeguarding the seeker’s spiritual and worldly minimums. The ethical emphasis is on inner detachment as the condition for fearless reliance on divine support.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, in the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation-oriented conduct, describes the state of accomplished renunciants. He states that for such desireless ascetics, Hari (Nārāyaṇa) personally carries their welfare, underscoring divine guardianship within the teaching on mokṣa-dharma.