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

Dan Dvaipāyana, resi yang berjiwa dharma itu, setelah mandi di situ juga, wahai Bhārata, telah mencapai keadaan yoga yang tertinggi dan meraih kesempurnaan yang paling luhur.

Word by Word

द्वैपायनःDvaipayana (Vyasa)

चand

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled (one whose self is dharma)

तत्रthere

एवindeed/just

आप्लुत्यhaving bathed / having plunged (into water)

भारतO Bharata

सम्प्राप्यhaving attained

परमम्supreme

योगम्yoga/union (spiritual absorption)

सिद्धिम्perfection/accomplishment

चand

परमाम्supreme

गतःgone/attained (having reached)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

Bhārata (address to Janamejaya)

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?

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.