Shloka 133

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

प्रिय अथवा अप्रियमें, दुर्बल अथवा बलवानमें जिसकी समदृष्टि नहीं है, उसमें मुक्तका क्या लक्षण है? ।।

Transliteration

tad-ayuktasya te mokṣe yo 'bhimāno bhaven nṛpa | suhṛd-dhiḥ saṃnivāryas te viraktasyeva bheṣajam ||

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ! നിങ്ങൾ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ യോഗസംയമത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതനല്ലാതിരിക്കെ മോക്ഷം (ജീവന്മുക്തി) ലഭിച്ചുവെന്ന അഭിമാനം ഉദിച്ചാൽ, നിങ്ങളുടെ സുഹൃത്തുക്കൾ അതിനെ തടയണം—പഥ്യം പാലിക്കാത്ത രോഗിയിൽ നിന്ന് ഔഷധം പിന്‍വലിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ. കാരണം പ്രിയ-അപ്രിയ, ദുർബല-ബലവാൻ എന്നിവരോടുള്ള സമദൃഷ്ടിയില്ലാതെ മോക്ഷത്തിന്റെ ഏത് ലക്ഷണം ഉണ്ടാകാം?

Word by Word

• तत्: in that (state/person)
• तत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अयुक्तस्य: of one who is not yoked/undisciplined (not in yoga)
• अयुक्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मोक्षे: in liberation
• मोक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who/which
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिमानः: conceit, self-opinion
• अभिमानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: might be/should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुहृद्भिः: by friends/well-wishers
• सुहृद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संनिवार्यः: to be restrained/checked
• संनिवार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिवार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• विरक्तस्य: of one averse/indifferent (to regimen)
• विरक्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भेषजम्: medicine
• भेषजम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (nṛpa; addressed interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is not a claim but a lived state marked by equanimity; prideful identification with 'I am liberated' in the absence of yogic discipline is a delusion that should be corrected by wise friends.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner freedom, Bhishma admonishes the king that mere self-assertion of jīvanmukti without the actual qualities of yoga—especially even-mindedness toward opposites—must be restrained, illustrated by the analogy of withholding medicine from an undisciplined patient.