Shloka 23

Asita Devala Observes Jaigīṣavya’s Yogic Attainment and Chooses Mokṣa-dharma (देवल-जैगीषव्योपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

द्वैपायनश्व धर्मात्मा तत्रैवाप्लुत्य भारत । सम्प्राप्प परमं॑ योगं सिद्धि च परमां गत:

Transliteration

dvaipāyanaś ca dharmātmā tatraivāplutya bhārata | samprāpya paramaṁ yogaṁ siddhiṁ ca paramāṁ gataḥ ||

Translation

ഓ ഭാരതാ! ധർമ്മാത്മാവായ ദ്വൈപായനൻ (വ്യാസൻ) അവിടെയേ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് പരമയോഗം പ്രാപിച്ചു; പരമസിദ്ധിയിലേക്കും എത്തി।

Word by Word

• द्वैपायनः: Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• द्वैपायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled (one whose self is dharma)
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आप्लुत्य: having bathed / having plunged (into water)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), आ, Parasmaipada (usage as gerund)

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सम्प्राप्य: having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), सम्, Parasmaipada (usage as gerund)

• परमम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• योगम्: yoga/union (spiritual absorption)
• योगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सिद्धिम्: perfection/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परमाम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone/attained (having reached)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• Bhārata (address to Janamejaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that a life rooted in dharma, supported by purification and disciplined yoga, culminates in the highest spiritual perfection—suggesting an ethical-spiritual horizon beyond the violence and grief of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that the sage Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) bathed at that very place and then attained the supreme yogic state and the highest siddhi, marking his spiritual consummation within the unfolding events of the Shalya Parva.