Shloka 122

Devanagari script

(भूतभव्यभविष्येषु नि:स्पूह: शान्तमानस: । सुप्रसन्न: सदा योगी स वै सर्वधनी श्वरः ।।

Transliteration

bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyeṣu niḥspūhaḥ śāntamānasaḥ | suprasannaḥ sadā yogī sa vai sarvadhanīśvaraḥ || yakṣa uvāca—vyākhyātaḥ puruṣo rājan yaś ca sarvadhanī naraḥ | tasmāt tvam ekaṁ bhrātṝṇāṁ yam icchasi sa jīvatu ||

Translation

過去・現在・未来のいずれにも欲望を起こさず、心は静まり、性はつねに澄みて和やかで、常にヨーガに安住する者――その者こそが真に一切の富の主である。ヤクシャは言った。「王よ、至上の富者が誰であるか、汝は正しく説き明かした。ゆえに、汝の兄弟のうち、汝が望む者を一人選べ――その者を生かそう。」

Word by Word

• भूत: in the past (beings/events)
• भूत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• भव्य: in the present (what is becoming/occurring)
• भव्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• भविष्येषु: in the future (things to come)
• भविष्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्यत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• निःस्पृहः: desireless, free from longing
• निःस्पृहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःस्पृह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तमानसः: one whose mind is calm
• शान्तमानसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त-मानस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुप्रसन्नः: very serene/cheerful
• सुप्रसन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रसन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• योगी: yogi, one united (in yoga)
• योगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सर्वधनीश्वरः: lord of all the wealthy / lord of all riches
• सर्वधनीश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-धनिन्-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as rājan)
• the brothers (Pāṇḍavas collectively)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True wealth is inner freedom: the person who is desireless toward past, present, and future, calm in mind, serene, and steadily established in yoga is the real ‘lord of wealth,’ regardless of external possessions.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Yakṣa episode, after Yudhiṣṭhira answers a question defining the truly wealthy person, the Yakṣa acknowledges the correctness of the answer and offers a boon: Yudhiṣṭhira may choose one of his brothers to be restored to life.