Shloka 5

Chapter 43: Tumult of Battle-Sounds and the Proliferation of Dvandva

Paired Engagements

Devanagari script

सम्बन्ध-- अब उपर्युक्त प्रकारसे आदिपुरुष परमपदस्वरूप परमेश्वरकी शरण होकर उसको प्राप्त हो जानेवाले पुरुषोंके लक्षण बतलाये जाते हैं-- निर्मानमोहा: जितसड्भदोषा३ अध्यात्मनित्याः विनिवृत्तकामा: | दब्दैविमुक्ता: सुखदु:खसंज्ञै- गच्छन्त्यमूढा: पदमव्ययं तत्‌

Transliteration

nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ | dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñair gacchanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaṃ tat ||

Translation

ຜູ້ທີ່ຄວາມຖືຕົນ ແລະຄວາມຫຼົງໄຫຼ ໄດ້ດັບສິ້ນ; ຜູ້ທີ່ຊະນະຂໍ້ບົກພ່ອງແຫ່ງການຍຶດຕິດ; ຜູ້ທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນອັດຕາ (Self) ຢ່າງໝັ້ນຄົງ; ແລະຜູ້ທີ່ຄວາມປາຖະໜາດັບສິ້ນແລ້ວ—ບັນດາຜູ້ຮູ້ທີ່ມີສາຍຕາແຈ້ງ ຜູ້ພົ້ນຈາກຄູ່ຕົກກັນທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ ສຸກ ແລະ ທຸກ ຍ່ອມໄປຮອດສະພາບສູງສຸດອັນບໍ່ເສື່ອມສະລາຍນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• निर्मानमोहाः: those whose pride and delusion are gone
• निर्मानमोहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मानमोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जितसङ्गदोषाः: those who have conquered the fault of attachment
• जितसङ्गदोषाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितसङ्गदोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अध्यात्मनित्याः: ever established in the Self/spirituality
• अध्यात्मनित्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्यात्मनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विनिवृत्तकामाः: those whose desires have completely ceased
• विनिवृत्तकामाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिवृत्तकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्वन्द्वैः: by/from the pairs of opposites
• द्वन्द्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विमुक्ताः: freed, released
• विमुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुखदुःखसंज्ञैः: called ‘pleasure and pain’
• सुखदुःखसंज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखदुःखसंज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गच्छन्ति: go, attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अमूढाः: undeluded, wise
• अमूढाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पदम्: state, abode, goal
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्ययम्: imperishable
• अव्ययम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna (speaker, per provided metadata)
• the imperishable supreme state (avyayaṃ padam)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is characterized by the dissolution of ego and delusion, victory over attachment, steady abidance in the Self, cessation of craving, and freedom from the pleasure–pain duality; such clear-minded persons attain the imperishable supreme state.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Mahabharata war setting (Bhishma Parva), the teaching turns inward: the verse describes the qualities of those who, taking refuge in the Supreme, become fit to attain the highest imperishable goal—highlighting inner renunciation and equanimity rather than external circumstance.