Shloka 6

जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः

Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga

Devanagari script

मोक्षाश्रमं यक्षरते यथोक्तं शुचि: सुसंकल्पितमुक्तबुद्धि: । अनिन्धन ज्योतिरिव प्रशान्तं स ब्रह्मलोकं श्रयते मनुष्य:

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca | mokṣāśramaṁ yakṣarate yathoktaṁ śuciḥ susaṅkalpitamuktabuddhiḥ | anindhana-jyotir iva praśāntaṁ sa brahmalokaṁ śrayate manuṣyaḥ ||

Translation

જે મનુષ્ય સંકલ્પ-આસક્તિ છોડીને શુચિ બને, સુદૃઢ નિશ્ચયવાળી મુક્તબુદ્ધિથી શાસ્ત્રોક્ત વિધાન મુજબ મોક્ષાશ્રમ (સંન્યાસ)નું યથાવત્ આચરણ કરે છે, તે ઇંધણ વિના પ્રજ્વલિત અગ્નિજ્યોતિ સમાન પરમ શાંત, તેજોમય બ્રહ્મલોકને પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે।

Word by Word

• {'mokṣāśramam': 'the āśrama (stage/discipline) oriented to liberation

• renunciant order (saṁnyāsa)', 'yathoktam': 'as stated

• according to instruction (scriptural prescription)', 'śuciḥ': 'pure

• cleansed (externally and internally)', 'su-saṅkalpita': 'well-resolved

• properly oriented in intention', 'mukta-buddhiḥ': 'one whose mind/intellect is freed (from attachment, delusion, grasping)', 'anindhana-jyotiḥ': 'a light/flame without fuel

• self-sustaining radiance', 'iva': 'like

• as', 'praśāntam': 'fully pacified

• stilled', 'brahmalokam': 'Brahma-world

• realm/state associated with Brahman/Brahmā (highest spiritual attainment in this context)', 'śrayate': 'resorts to

• takes refuge in', 'manuṣyaḥ': 'a human being

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• mokṣāśrama (saṁnyāsa)
• brahmaloka
• anindhana-jyoti (fuel-less flame/light)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation-oriented life (mokṣāśrama/saṁnyāsa) succeeds through purity, freedom of intellect from attachment, and living exactly by the prescribed discipline; the result is a serene, self-sustaining spiritual radiance culminating in brahmaloka.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bharadvāja describes the fruit of properly practiced renunciation: the renunciant who follows the scriptural method with a purified, unattached mind attains the tranquil Brahma-world, likened to a flame that shines without fuel.