Shloka 28

Devanagari script

दुःखशोकमयैघोरै: सड़स्नेहसमुद्धवै: । न विचाल्यति युक्तात्मा निःस्पृह: शान्तमानस:,शान्ताचित्त एवं निःस्पृह योगी आसक्ति और स्नेहसे प्राप्त होनेवाले भयंकर दुःख-शोक तथा भयसे विचलित नहीं होता

Transliteration

duḥkhaśokamayair ghoraiḥ saḍ-sneha-samudbhavaiḥ | na vicālyati yuktātmā niḥspṛhaḥ śāntamānasaḥ ||

Translation

心静かにして無欲なる、調御されたヨーギーは、執着と愛着より生ずる恐るべき苦と悲嘆の波にも揺らぐことがない。

Word by Word

दुःखशोकमयैःby/with those consisting of sorrow and grief

घोरैःterrible

स्नेहसमुद्धवैःarising from attachment/affection

नnot

विचाल्यतिis shaken/moved

युक्तात्माone whose self is disciplined/collected

निःस्पृहःdesireless, without longing

शान्तमानसःof tranquil mind

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sorrow and grief become overwhelming chiefly when fueled by attachment (sneha). A yogin who is niḥspṛha (non-grasping) and śāntamānasa (calm-minded) remains steady and is not mentally shaken by painful events.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa speaker is instructing about the marks of inner discipline: the truly integrated person (yuktātmā) maintains composure even when confronted with terrifying experiences of loss, fear, and lamentation that arise from emotional clinging.