Mahabharata — Ashramavasika Parva, Shloka 256

अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal

Devanagari script

विद्यते न भयं चापि परलोकान्ममानघा: । “इसमें संदेह नहीं कि मैं आपलोगोंके दर्शनमात्रसे पवित्र हो गया। निष्पाप महर्षियो! अब मुझे परलोकसे कोई भय नहीं है

Transliteration

vidyate na bhayaṃ cāpi paralokān mamānaghāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana berkata: “Wahai para resi yang tidak berdosa, aku sama sekali tidak takut akan alam selepas mati. Sesungguhnya, hanya dengan memandang kalian aku telah disucikan; maka tiada keraguan bahawa akhirat tidak lagi menakutkan bagiku.”

Word by Word

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (लभ्/सत्-अर्थे; √विद् in sense 'to be found/exist')
• Form: Lat (Present Indicative), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• परलोकात्: from the other world / from the hereafter
• परलोकात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनघाः: O sinless ones
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• sinless sages (ṛṣayaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Association with the righteous—especially the direct sight (darśana) of sinless sages—is portrayed as spiritually purifying and as removing anxiety about one’s fate after death (paraloka).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a speaker expresses confidence about the hereafter, declaring that meeting and beholding the sages has purified him and dispelled any fear of the next world.