Shloka 45

Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path

Ethics of Non-attachment

Devanagari script

निर्द्धदद्ों निर्ममस्कारो निःस्वाहाकार एव च | निर्ममो निरहंकारो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान्‌

Transliteration

nirdvandvo nirmamaskāro niḥsvāhākāra eva ca | nirmamo nirahaṅkāro niryogakṣema ātmavān |

Translation

ဝါယုဒေဝက မိန့်တော်မူသည်— «နှစ်ဖက်ဆန့်ကျင်မှုတို့ (ဒွန္ဒ) မှ လွတ်မြောက်လော့။ မည်သူ့ရှေ့တွင်မျှ အလွန်အကျွံ ဦးညွှတ်ကန်တော့ခြင်း မပြုလော့။ ‘ဆွာဟာ’ ဟူသော မီးပူဇော်ပွဲတို့ (အဂ္နိဟိုတရ စသည်) ကို စွန့်လွှတ်လော့။ မမတ (ပိုင်ဆိုင်လိုမှု) ကင်း၍ အဟံကာရ (ငါတရား) ကင်းစေ၊ အကျိုးအမြတ်နှင့် လုံခြုံရေး (ယောဂ-ခေမ) ကို မစိုးရိမ်ဘဲ ကိုယ်ကို ထိန်းချုပ်လော့—ထို့ကြောင့် ဒွန္ဒတို့က မလှုပ်ခတ်နိုင်ဘဲ စိတ်ကို အနိုင်ရလိမ့်မည်»။

Word by Word

• निर्द्वन्द्वः: free from pairs of opposites
• निर्द्वन्द्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्ममः: without possessiveness
• निर्ममः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरहंकारः: free from egoism
• निरहंकारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरहंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्योगक्षेमः: not concerned with acquisition and preservation
• निर्योगक्षेमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्योगक्षेम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मवान्: self-controlled; possessing mastery of self
• आत्मवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्ममस्कारः: not performing salutations/obeisance
• निर्ममस्कारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्ममस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निःस्वाहाकारः: without uttering 'svāhā'; not performing svāhā-offerings
• निःस्वाहाकारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःस्वाहाकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; just; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches inner renunciation: rise above dualities, abandon ego and possessiveness, stop seeking validation or favor, give up ritualistic dependence, and remain unconcerned with gain and security—cultivating self-mastery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing a listener in the marks of a disciplined, renunciant life—describing the qualities of one who seeks liberation through detachment and control of the mind rather than through social display or ritual performance.