Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अपवर्गेडथ संत्यागे बुद्धी च कृतनिश्चया: । ब्रहिष्ठा ब्रह्मभूताश्च ब्रह्मण्येव कृतालया:

Transliteration

apavarge 'tha saṃtyāge buddhī ca kṛtaniścayāḥ | brahiṣṭhā brahmabhūtāś ca brahmaṇy eva kṛtālayāḥ ||

Translation

ಮೋಕ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ತ್ಯಾಗದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಅವರ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ದೃಢನಿಶ್ಚಯ ಹೊಂದಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಅವರು ಪರಬ್ರಹ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತರಾಗಿ, ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಭೂತರಾಗಿ, ಬ್ರಹ್ಮದಲ್ಲೇ ತಮ್ಮ ನಿವಾಸವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ।

Word by Word

अपवर्गेin liberation (moksha)

अथthen/and

संत्यागेin complete renunciation

बुद्धयःintellects/minds

चand

कृतनिश्चयाःhaving made a firm resolve

ब्रह्मिष्ठाःsteadfast in Brahman

ब्रह्मभूताःbecome Brahman / Brahman-realized

चand

ब्रह्मणिin Brahman

एवindeed/only

कृतालयाःhaving made (it) their abode; dwelling

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

Apavarga (Liberation/Moksha)

Brahman

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?

Liberation is attained through firm discernment rooted in renunciation; the realized person becomes ‘brahmabhūta’—established in the supreme—and abides inwardly in Brahman alone, beyond worldly supports.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Kapila describes the state of accomplished seekers: their intellect is decisively oriented to moksha and renunciation, culminating in Brahman-realization and unwavering absorption in the highest reality.