Shanti Parva Adhyaya 344 Shloka 81 - Mahabharata | Hindi | Vedapath

Shloka 81

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

निर्वाणं परम॑ ब्रह्म धर्मोड्सौ पर उच्यते | तस्मान्न च्युतपूर्वोडहमच्युतस्तेन कर्मणा

Transliteration

nirvāṇaṃ paramaṃ brahma dharmo 'sau para ucyate | tasmān na cyutapūrvo 'ham acyutas tena karmaṇā ||

Translation

निर्वाण—जो परम ब्रह्म है—वही परम धर्म कहा गया है। उससे मैं पहले कभी च्युत नहीं हुआ; और उसी आचरण में अडिग रहने के कारण लोग मुझे “अच्युत” कहते हैं।

Word by Word

निर्वाणम्liberation, nirvana

परम्supreme

ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)

धर्मःdharma, highest duty/law

सःthat, he/it

परःsupreme

उच्यतेis said/called

तस्मात्from that, therefore

नnot

च्युतपूर्वःone who has previously fallen (from that state)

अहम्I

अच्युतःAcyuta (the unfailing/one who does not fall)

तेनby that, therefore

कर्मणाby (that) act/deed

Speaker

तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ

Characters & Entities

Indra

Acyuta (epithet: 'Unfallen')

Brahman

Nirvāṇa

Dharma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes