Shloka 16

Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra

Devanagari script

यां तरन्ति कृतप्रज्ञा धृतिमन्तो मनीषिण: । तां तीर्ण: सर्वतो मुक्तो विधृतात्मा55त्मविच्छुचि:

Transliteration

yāṃ taranti kṛtaprajñā dhṛtimanto manīṣiṇaḥ | tāṃ tīrṇaḥ sarvato mukto vidhṛtātmātmavicchuciḥ ||

Translation

ବ୍ୟାସ କହିଲେ—ସିଦ୍ଧପ୍ରଜ୍ଞ, ଧୃତିମାନ ଓ ମନୀଷୀ ଯେଉଁ (ଅବସ୍ଥା/ପଥ)କୁ ପାର କରନ୍ତି, ତାହା ପାର କରି ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ସବୁ ଦିଗରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୁଏ। ଆତ୍ମାକୁ ସୁନିୟନ୍ତ୍ରିତ ରଖି, ଆତ୍ମଜ୍ଞାନରେ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇ, ସେ ବନ୍ଧନରହିତ ହୋଇ ସ୍ଥିତ ରହେ।

Word by Word

• याम्: which (path/way) / whom
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (स्त्री. सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तरन्ति: cross (over)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तरति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कृतप्रज्ञाः: of accomplished/steady wisdom
• कृतप्रज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतप्रज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धृतिमन्तः: endowed with fortitude
• धृतिमन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृतिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनीषिणः: sages/wise men
• मनीषिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ताम्: that (same) (path/way)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (स्त्री. सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तीर्णः: having crossed
• तीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तॄ (क्त-प्रत्यय: तीर्ण)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वतः: from all sides / in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)

• मुक्तः: freed/liberated
• मुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (क्त-प्रत्यय: मुक्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विधृतात्मा: one whose self is well-controlled/steadied
• विधृतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधृतात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मवित्: knower of the Self
• आत्मवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is attained by crossing beyond a binding condition through perfected discernment, steadfast resolve, and disciplined self-mastery; self-knowledge purifies and results in comprehensive freedom.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a general principle: the wise cross a difficult existential passage, and once they have crossed it, they become free—purified and stabilized through self-knowledge and inner discipline.