Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एवं य: सर्वभूतेषु आत्मानमनुपश्यति । अन्यत्रान्यत्र युक्तेषु किं स शोचेत्‌ तत: परम्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ yaḥ sarvabhūteṣu ātmānam anupaśyati | anyatrānyatra yukteṣu kiṁ sa śocet tataḥ param ||

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ സർവ്വഭൂതങ്ങളിലും ആത്മാവിനെ സാക്ഷാൽ കാണുന്നവൻ—അവ ഭിന്നഭിന്ന അവസ്ഥകളിലും ആസക്തികളിലും ഏർപ്പെട്ടതായി തോന്നിയാലും—അവന് ഇനി എന്തിനാണ് ശോകം?

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

यःwho

सर्वभूतेषुin all beings

आत्मानम्the Self

अनुपश्यतिsees, beholds (as following/along with)

अन्यत्रelsewhere, in another place/way

युक्तेषुin those who are engaged/connected; among the associated

किम्what?

सःhe

शोचेत्would grieve

ततःthereafter; from that

परम्beyond; further; anything more

Speaker

सनत्सुजात उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Grief is overcome through Self-knowledge: when one realizes the same Self present in all beings, the apparent separations that fuel lamentation lose their force, and sorrow has no further basis.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs (in a philosophical discourse) that insight into the Self’s presence in all beings leads to freedom from śoka (lamentation), even amid the diverse engagements and conditions seen in the world.