Shloka 17

Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra

Devanagari script

उत्तमां बुद्धिमास्थाय ब्रह्म भूयान्‌ भविष्यसि । संतीर्ण: सर्वसंसारात्‌ प्रसन्नात्मा विकल्मष:

Transliteration

uttamāṁ buddhim āsthāya brahma bhūyān bhaviṣyasi | saṁtīrṇaḥ sarvasaṁsārāt prasannātmā vikalmaṣaḥ ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「最上の覚知に帰依するなら、汝はより完全にブラフマン（Brahman）に確立される。世の輪廻の全てを渡り越えたのち、汝は澄みわたる安らかな自己として、汚れなく住するであろう。」

Word by Word

उत्तमाम्best, excellent

बुद्धिम्understanding, intellect

आस्थायhaving resorted to / having adopted

ब्रह्मBrahman, the Absolute

भूयान्greater, more (in a higher state)

भविष्यसिyou will become

संतीर्णःhaving crossed over, having passed beyond

सर्वसंसारात्from the entire cycle of worldly existence

प्रसन्नात्माone whose self is serene

विकल्मषःfree from impurity/sin

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Brahman

Saṁsāra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate and rely upon the highest discernment (uttamā buddhi)—a purified, truth-oriented understanding—so that one becomes established in Brahman, transcends saṁsāra, and attains inner serenity and freedom from moral and mental taint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa delivers a concise assurance and instruction: by adopting supreme spiritual understanding, the listener will cross beyond worldly bondage and abide as a tranquil, purified self, oriented toward Brahman-realization.