Shloka 37

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

गतिरेषा तु मुक्तानां ये ज्ञानपरिनिषछिता: । प्रवृत्तयश्न या: सर्वा: पश्यन्ति परिणामजा:,ज्ञाननिष्ठ जीवन्मुक्त महात्माओंकी यही परम गति है; क्योंकि वे उन समस्त प्रवृत्तियोंको शुभाशुभ फल देनेवाली समझते हैं

Transliteration

gatir eṣā tu muktānāṃ ye jñāna-pariniṣṭhitāḥ | pravṛttayaś ca yāḥ sarvāḥ paśyanti pariṇāmajāḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “This indeed is the highest course of those who are liberated—those firmly established in true knowledge. They behold all worldly impulses and undertakings as effects that ripen into consequences, understanding them as sources of auspicious and inauspicious results; thus they remain inwardly free even while living and acting.”

Word by Word

गतिःcourse, path, goal

एषाthis

तुbut, indeed

मुक्तानाम्of the liberated (ones)

येwho

ज्ञान-परिनिष्ठिताःfirmly established in knowledge

प्रवृत्तयःactivities, tendencies

चand

याःwhich

सर्वाःall

पश्यन्तिthey see, they perceive

परिणाम-जाःarising from consequences/results

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberated, knowledge-established sages perceive all actions and impulses as consequence-bearing processes (ripening into results). This clear discernment prevents attachment and keeps them inwardly free, even amid activity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener about the defining vision of the liberated: they interpret worldly engagements through the lens of cause-and-result (auspicious/inauspicious fruition), indicating the standpoint of a jñāna-niṣṭha, living-liberated great soul.