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Shloka 29

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

कर्मजो<यं पृथग्भावो द्वन्द्ययुक्तोडपि देहिन: । तमात्मसिद्धिर्विज्ञानाज्जहाति पुरुषो बलात्‌,देहाभिमानी जीवको जो यह पृथक्‌-पृथक्‌ शीत-उष्ण आदि द्वन्धोंका भोग प्राप्त होता है, वह कर्मजनित है। मनुष्य तत्त्वज्ञानके द्वारा उस द्वन्द्रभोगको त्याग देता है तथा ज्ञानके ही बलसे आत्मसिद्धि (मोक्ष) प्राप्त कर लेता है

karmajo ’yaṃ pṛthagbhāvo dvandvayukto ’pi dehinaḥ | tam ātmasiddhir vijñānāj jahāti puruṣo balāt ||

ວະຍາສະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກແຍກຕ່າງໃນຜູ້ມີກາຍ—ແມ່ນແມ່ນຈະຜູກພັນກັບຄູ່ຕົກຕໍ່າງໆ ເຊັ່ນ ໜາວ-ຮ້ອນ—ເກີດຈາກກຳ. ດ້ວຍປັນຍາຮູ້ແຈ້ງ ມະນຸດຍ່ອມລະທິ້ງປະສົບການແຫ່ງຄວາມສອງນັ້ນຢ່າງໜັກແນ່ນ, ແລະດ້ວຍພະລັງແຫ່ງຄວາມຮູ້ເອງ ຈຶ່ງບັນລຸອາດຕະສິດທິ ຄື ຄວາມຫຼຸດພົ້ນ.

कर्मजःborn of action (karma-born)
कर्मजः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पृथग्भावःseparateness; sense of difference
पृथग्भावः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपृथग्भाव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्वन्द्वयुक्तःconnected with pairs of opposites
द्वन्द्वयुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वन्द्वयुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven; also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
देहिनःof the embodied being
देहिनः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तम्that (it)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आत्मसिद्धिःrealization/attainment of the Self
आत्मसिद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मसिद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
विज्ञानात्from/through discriminative knowledge
विज्ञानात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootविज्ञान
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
जहातिabandons
जहाति:
TypeVerb
Rootहा
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुरुषःa person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बलात्by force; by the power (of it)
बलात्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
P
puruṣa (the person)
D
dehin (the embodied being)
D
dvandva (pairs of opposites)
Ā
ātman (Self)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the felt separateness and the compulsion to experience life through opposites (pleasure/pain, cold/heat) are karma-born. Liberation comes when discriminative knowledge (vijñāna) dissolves identification with the body and thereby ends bondage to duality.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vyāsa explains a philosophical point: the embodied being’s dualistic experience is not the Self’s nature but a product of karma and identification. He states that knowledge enables one to abandon this duality and attain ātmasiddhi (mokṣa).