Shloka 25

अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion

Devanagari script

लभभनते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषय: क्षीणकल्मषा: । छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मान: सर्वभूतहिते रता:

Transliteration

labhante brahmanirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ | chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ ||

Translation

ଯେ ଋଷିମାନଙ୍କର କଲ୍ମଷ କ୍ଷୀଣ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି, ଯାହାଙ୍କର ଦ୍ୱିଧା-ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱ ଛିନ୍ନ ହୋଇଛି, ଯେମାନେ ଯତାତ୍ମା ଏବଂ ସର୍ବଭୂତହିତରେ ରତ—ସେମାନେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମନିର୍ବାଣ, ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଶାନ୍ତିକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• लभन्ते: attain, obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Lat (present), 3rd, plural, Ātmanepada

• ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम्: Brahman-nirvāṇa (final peace in Brahman)
• ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मनिर्वाण
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• क्षीणकल्मषाः: whose sins/impurities are exhausted
• क्षीणकल्मषाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीणकल्मष
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• छिन्नद्वैधाः: whose doubts are cut off
• छिन्नद्वैधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्नद्वैध
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• यतात्मानः: self-controlled
• यतात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतात्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वभूतहिते: in the welfare of all beings
• सर्वभूतहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतहित
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• रताः: engaged, devoted
• रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
• brahman (Brahman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation (brahmanirvāṇa) is attained by those who have purified their moral impurities, resolved inner doubt and duality through clarity, mastered the self, and are actively devoted to the good of all beings—linking spiritual realization with ethical universalism.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s philosophical instruction on the eve of battle, the discourse describes the qualities of realized sages: their sins are exhausted, doubts are cut off, they are self-governed, and they work for the welfare of all—thereby reaching the peace of Brahman.