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Shloka 2

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

संन्यस्यते यथा55त्मायं व्यक्तस्यात्मा यथा च यत्‌ । परं मोक्षस्य यच्चापि तनमे ब्रूहि पितामह

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | saṁnyasyate yathātmāyaṁ vyaktasyātmā yathā ca yat | paraṁ mokṣasya yaccāpi tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||

युधिष्ठिर ने कहा— पितामह! यह आत्मा देहाभिमान को किस प्रकार त्यागता है—स्थूल (प्रकट) शरीर को कैसे छोड़ता है, और देह से जुड़ी सूक्ष्म ‘मैं’ की भावना को भी किस रीति से त्याग देता है? उस संन्यास का यथार्थ स्वरूप और मोक्ष का परम तत्त्व मुझे बताइए।

संन्यस्यतेis renounced/laid aside
संन्यस्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-नि-√अस् (न्यासे) / √अस् (प्रक्षेपणे) (प्रचलित: संन्यस्-)
FormLat, Atmanepada, 3, Singular, Kartari
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
आत्माself/soul
आत्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
व्यक्तस्यof the manifest
व्यक्तस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यक्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
आत्माself/soul
आत्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यत्what/that which
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
परम्supreme/highest
परम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
मोक्षस्यof liberation
मोक्षस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्ष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
यत्what/that which
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मेto me/for me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative/Genitive, Singular
ब्रूहिtell (you)
ब्रूहि:
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (वचने)
FormLot (Imperative), Parasmaipada, 2, Singular, Kartari
पितामहO grandsire
पितामह:
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
P
Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)
Ā
ātman (self)
V
vyakta-śarīra (manifest/gross body)
M
mokṣa (liberation)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames liberation as a matter of renunciation of identification: understanding how the self disengages from the manifest (gross) body and also from subtler layers of embodied ‘I’-sense, and seeking the supreme principle (tattva) of mokṣa beyond both.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions Pitāmaha Bhīṣma, asking for a precise explanation of how renunciation operates at death and in spiritual practice, and what constitutes true liberation.