Shloka 42

Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मण: पदमव्यक्त मा ते5भूदत्र संशय: । नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता मर्त्यलोक॑ परंतप

Transliteration

brahmaṇaḥ padam avyaktam mā te 'bhūd atra saṁśayaḥ | nāhaṁ punar ihāgantā martyalokaṁ parantapa, dvijaśreṣṭha |

Translation

ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ବ୍ରହ୍ମପଦ ହିଁ ପରମ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟ—ଏଥିରେ ତୁମର କୌଣସି ସନ୍ଦେହ ନ ରହୁ। ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ, ହେ ପରନ୍ତପ! ମୁଁ ପୁଣି ଏହି ମର୍ତ୍ୟଲୋକକୁ ଆସିବି ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्यक्तम्: unmanifest
• अव्यक्तम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मा: not (prohibitive/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• अभूत्: arose/occurred/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आगन्ता: one who will come (a future comer)
• आगन्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, तृच् (agent noun, future sense)

• मर्त्यलोकम्: the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्यलोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes (epithet)
• परंतप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha
• Brahman (Brahmaṇaḥ padam)
• Martyaloka (mortal world)
• Satyaloka
• Dvijaśreṣṭha (addressed person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms mokṣa as the final aim: the unmanifest Brahman-state is the highest goal, and true spiritual perfection culminates in non-return to the mortal realm. It emphasizes certainty (freedom from doubt) about liberation and the transcendence of worldly rebirth.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha addresses a revered twice-born interlocutor, declaring that he has attained the highest siddhi and will proceed through exalted realms (including Satyaloka) toward the unmanifest Brahman-state, explicitly stating he will not return to the human world.