Shloka 25

Devanagari script

निष्क्रम्य वनमास्थाय ज्ञानयुक्तो जितेन्द्रिय: । कालाकांक्षी चरत्येवं ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते,ज्ञानसम्पन्न जितेन्द्रिय पुरुष घरसे निकलकर वनका आश्रय ले वहाँ मृत्युकालकी प्रतीक्षा करता हुआ निर्द्धन्द् विचरता रहता है। इस प्रकार वह ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त होनेमें समर्थ हो जाता है

Transliteration

niṣkramya vanam āsthāya jñānayukto jitendriyaḥ | kālākāṅkṣī caratyevaṃ brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||

Translation

Bhishma berkata: Setelah meninggalkan kehidupan rumah tangga dan berlindung di rimba, seorang yang bersatu dengan pengetahuan sejati serta telah menaklukkan inderanya terus hidup, tenang menanti saat kematian yang telah ditetapkan. Dengan hidup demikian—bebas daripada kegelisahan dan keterikatan—dia layak mencapai keadaan Brahman (kesempurnaan rohani terakhir).

Word by Word

निष्क्रम्यhaving gone out

वनम्the forest

आस्थायhaving resorted to / having taken refuge in

ज्ञानयुक्तःendowed with knowledge

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

कालाकाङ्क्षीawaiting the (appointed) time (of death)

चरतिhe wanders / he lives

एवम्thus

ब्रह्मभूयायfor Brahman-state / for becoming Brahman

कल्पतेis fit / becomes capable

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that one who leaves household attachment, lives in the forest with knowledge and sense-control, and calmly accepts mortality becomes qualified for liberation—attaining Brahman-hood through disciplined detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and the stages of life, he describes the renunciant/forest-dweller who departs from home, lives austerely and peacefully, and waits for death without anxiety, thereby progressing toward the highest spiritual goal.