Shloka 15

Brahmopadeśa on Saṃnyāsa, Tapas, and Jñāna (ब्रह्मोपदेशः—संन्यासतपोज्ञानविमर्शः)

Devanagari script

हित्वा सड़मयान्‌ पाशान्‌ मृत्युजन्मजरोदयान्‌ । निर्ममो निरहड्कारो मुच्यते नात्र संशय:

Transliteration

hitvā ṣaḍmayān pāśān mṛtyu-janma-jarodayān | nirmamo nirahaṅkāro mucyate nātra saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “Casting off the sixfold snares—those that culminate in death, rebirth, and the rise of old age—one who is free from possessiveness and free from ego is released; of this there is no doubt.”

Word by Word

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (त्यागे)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सडमयान्: made of/consisting of sṛḍa (perishable/decaying)
• सडमयान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सडमय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाशान्: nooses, bonds
• पाशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मृत्यु: death
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जन्म: birth
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जर: old age
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उदयान्: arisings, occurrences
• उदयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निर्ममः: free from possessiveness
• निर्ममः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरहङ्कारः: free from egoism
• निरहङ्कारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरहङ्कार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुच्यते: is released, is freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (मोक्षणे)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, Third, Singular, Passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• पाश (pāśa, noose/bond)