Shloka 44

Devanagari script

त्यज धर्ममधर्म च उभे सत्यानृते त्यज । उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा येन त्यजसि तं॑ त्यज,धर्म और अधर्मको छोड़ो। सत्य और असत्य दोनोंका त्याग करो। सत्य और असत्य दोनोंका त्याग करके जिससे त्याग करते हो, उस अहंकारको भी त्याग दो

Transliteration

tyaja dharmam adharmaṃ ca ubhe satyānṛte tyaja | ubhe satyānṛte tyaktvā yena tyajasi taṃ tyaja ||

Translation

ນາຣະດະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຈົ່ງປ່ອຍວາງທັງທຳມະ ແລະ ອະທຳມະ; ຈົ່ງປ່ອຍວາງທັງຄວາມຈິງ ແລະ ຄວາມບໍ່ຈິງ. ເມື່ອປ່ອຍວາງທັງຈິງ ແລະ ບໍ່ຈິງແລ້ວ ຈົ່ງປ່ອຍວາງແມ່ນແຕ່ສິ່ງທີ່ເຈົ້າໃຊ້ເພື່ອປ່ອຍວາງ—ປ່ອຍ ‘ຂ້ອຍ’ (ອະຫັງກາຣ) ຜູ້ອ້າງວ່າເປັນຜູ້ປ່ອຍວາງນັ້ນເສຍ.»

Word by Word

त्यजabandon (you should abandon)

धर्मम्dharma, righteousness

अधर्मम्adharma, unrighteousness

चand

उभेboth

सत्यानृतेtruth and untruth

त्यजabandon

उभेboth

सत्यानृतेtruth and untruth

त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned

येनby which/with which

त्यजसिyou abandon

तम्that (one/thing)

त्यजabandon (that too)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

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?

The verse points to a higher renunciation beyond moral dualities: one should transcend attachment to categories like dharma/adharma and satya/anṛta, and finally relinquish the subtle ego that takes pride in ‘my renunciation’—a move toward liberation through non-attachment and self-knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s liberation-oriented discourse, Nārada delivers a concise instruction on detachment: he urges the listener to go beyond opposites and even beyond the sense of being the agent of renunciation, aligning the teaching with mokṣa-centered reflection rather than social or ritual duty alone.