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Shloka 16

मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā

Devanagari script

अकृत्रिममसंहार्य प्राकृतं निरुपस्कृतम्‌ अध्यात्मं सुकृतं प्राप्त: सुखमव्ययमश्लुते

Transliteration

akṛtrimam asaṁhāryaṁ prākṛtaṁ nirupaskṛtam | adhyātmaṁ sukṛtaṁ prāpyaḥ sukham avyayam aśnute ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。身内に住し「スクリタ」と呼ばれる内なるブラフマン——作為なく、破壊されず、自然そのもので、諸々の条件づけ（サンスカーラ）に汚されぬそれ——に到達する者は、尽きることなき安楽を分かち受ける。

Word by Word

अकृत्रिमम्not artificial, natural

असंहार्यम्indestructible, not liable to destruction

प्राकृतम्original, natural, inherent

निरुपस्कृतम्unadorned, unconditioned, without embellishment

अध्यात्मम्the inner self; pertaining to the self (adhyātma)

सुकृतम्well-made; well-accomplished; (as an epithet) 'Sukṛta'

प्राप्तःhaving attained

सुखम्happiness, bliss

अव्ययम्imperishable, undecaying

अश्नुतेattains, enjoys, obtains

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Brahman (as ‘Sukṛta’)

Ātman/Adhyātma (inner Self)

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?

Imperishable happiness arises from realizing the inner, unconditioned Brahman/Ātman—natural, indestructible, and not dependent on external ‘refinements’ or constructed identities.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and inner peace, Vyāsa states a doctrinal point: the seeker who attains the adhyātma reality (Brahman within) becomes entitled to enduring bliss, shifting the focus from worldly achievements to Self-realization.