Shloka 24

Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā

Indraloka-gamana

Devanagari script

परेण तपसा युक्ता भाविता: कर्मभि: शुभै: । योगसिद्धा महात्मानस्तमोमोहविवर्जिता:

Transliteration

pareṇa tapasā yuktā bhāvitāḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ | yogasiddhā mahātmānas tamomohavivarjitāḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。より高き苦行を具え、吉祥なる善業の実践によって清められ、ヨーガにおいて成就した大士たちは、無明の闇とそこから生じる迷妄を離れ、至上の境地に到って、もはや世俗の存在へと還らない。

Word by Word

• परेण: by/with higher (supreme)
• परेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्ताः: endowed/connected
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भाविताः: purified/imbued
• भाविताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्मभिः: by deeds
• कर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शुभैः: auspicious/meritorious
• शुभैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• योगसिद्धाः: perfected through yoga
• योगसिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगसिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तमोमोहविवर्जिताः: free from darkness and delusion
• तमोमोहविवर्जिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तमोमोहविवर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual liberation is presented as the fruit of disciplined austerity (tapas), ethical/meritorious action (śubha-karma), and yogic perfection (yoga-siddhi). When ignorance (tamas) and delusion (moha) are removed, the great-souled attain a non-returning state beyond worldly rebirth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, describes the destiny of spiritually accomplished persons: those purified by austerity and auspicious deeds and perfected in yoga become free of ignorance and delusion and reach the highest goal, no longer returning to ordinary worldly life.