Shloka 22

मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः

Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge

Devanagari script

अथवा नेच्छते तत्र ब्रह्मकायनिषेवणम्‌ । उत्क्रामति च मार्गस्थो नैव क्वचन जायते

Transliteration

athavā necchate tatra brahmakāyaniṣevaṇam | utkrāmati ca mārgastho naiva kvacana jāyate ||

Translation

あるいはまた、彼はそこで「梵身」（微細な要素に支えられた有身の存続）との継続的な結びつきを望まない。出離の道に立って去り、いずこにも再び生まれることはない。

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

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

• इच्छते: desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, Atmanepada, 3, Singular

• तत्र: there; in that state/place
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ब्रह्मकायनिषेवणम्: resorting to/association with the Brahma-body (brahma-kāya)
• ब्रह्मकायनिषेवणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मकायनिषेवण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्क्रामति: departs; goes forth (from the body)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-क्रम्
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, Parasmaipada, 3, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मार्गस्थः: being on the path; en route
• मार्गस्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मार्गस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed; at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• क्वचन: anywhere; ever
• क्वचन: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचन

• जायते: is born; arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, Atmanepada, 3, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Freedom from rebirth comes when the desire to continue embodied existence—even in subtle or exalted forms—is absent; then, at death, one departs and does not take birth again.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is instructing on the fate of a spiritually accomplished person: at the time of departure, having no longing for continued embodiment, he leaves the body and is not reborn.