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Shloka 52

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

न बिभेति यदा चायं यदा चास्मान्न बिभ्यति । यदा नेच्छति न देष्टि ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा,जब यह किसीसे भय नहीं मानता और इससे भी किसीको भय नहीं होता; तथा जब यह किसी वस्तुको न तो चाहता है और न उससे द्वेष ही करता है, तब परब्रह्म परमात्माको प्राप्त कर लेता है

na bibheti yadā cāyaṃ yadā cāsmān na bibhyati | yadā necchati na deṣṭi brahma sampadyate tadā ||

അവൻ ആരെയും ഭയപ്പെടാതെയും, അവനാൽ ആരും ഭയപ്പെടാതെയും; കൂടാതെ അവൻ ഒന്നിനെയും ആഗ്രഹിക്കാതെയും ഒന്നിനെയും ദ്വേഷിക്കാതെയും ഇരിക്കുമ്പോൾ—അപ്പോൾ അവൻ ബ്രഹ്മത്തെ, പരമസത്യത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बिभेतिfears
बिभेति:
TypeVerb
Rootभी
FormLat, present indicative, 3, singular, Parasmaipada
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अयम्this (person)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formcommon, accusative, plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बिभ्यतिfears
बिभ्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभी
FormLat, present indicative, 3, singular, Parasmaipada
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इच्छतिdesires
इच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormLat, present indicative, 3, singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
देष्टिhates
देष्टि:
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष्
FormLat, present indicative, 3, singular, Parasmaipada
ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
सम्पद्यतेattains, reaches
सम्पद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + पद्
FormLat, present indicative, 3, singular, Atmanepada
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा

ब्राह्मण उवाच

B
Brahman (ब्रह्म)

Educational Q&A

Liberation is marked by a purified inner life and a harmless social presence: one is fearless, does not intimidate others, and is free from both craving (icchā) and hatred (dveṣa). Such equanimity and non-violence are presented as direct conditions for attaining Brahman.

In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, a Brahmin speaker describes the qualities of a realized person. The verse is not about an external event but a doctrinal characterization: the sage-like individual becomes established in Brahman when fear, the causing of fear, desire, and aversion have ceased.