Shloka 133

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

प्रिय अथवा अप्रियमें, दुर्बल अथवा बलवानमें जिसकी समदृष्टि नहीं है, उसमें मुक्तका क्या लक्षण है? ।।

Transliteration

tad-ayuktasya te mokṣe yo 'bhimāno bhaven nṛpa | suhṛd-dhiḥ saṃnivāryas te viraktasyeva bheṣajam ||

Translation

ହେ ରାଜନ୍! ଆପଣ ସତ୍ୟରେ ଯୋଗସଂଯମରେ ଯୁକ୍ତ ନଥିବା ସତ୍ତ୍ୱେ ଯଦି ମୋକ୍ଷ (ଜୀବନ୍ମୁକ୍ତି) ପାଇଛି ବୋଲି ଅଭିମାନ ଜନ୍ମେ, ତେବେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ସୁହୃଦମାନେ ତାହାକୁ ନିବାରଣ କରିବା ଉଚିତ—ଯେପରି ପଥ୍ୟ ନମାନୁଥିବା ରୋଗୀଙ୍କୁ ଔଷଧ ରୋକି ଦିଆଯାଏ। କାରଣ ପ୍ରିୟ-ଅପ୍ରିୟ, ଦୁର୍ବଳ-ବଳବାନ ପ୍ରତି ସମଦୃଷ୍ଟି ନଥିଲେ ମୁକ୍ତିର କେଉଁ ଲକ୍ଷଣ ଥାଇପାରେ?

Word by Word

• तत्: in that (state/person)
• तत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अयुक्तस्य: of one who is not yoked/undisciplined (not in yoga)
• अयुक्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मोक्षे: in liberation
• मोक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who/which
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिमानः: conceit, self-opinion
• अभिमानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: might be/should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुहृद्भिः: by friends/well-wishers
• सुहृद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संनिवार्यः: to be restrained/checked
• संनिवार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिवार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• विरक्तस्य: of one averse/indifferent (to regimen)
• विरक्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भेषजम्: medicine
• भेषजम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (nṛpa; addressed interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is not a claim but a lived state marked by equanimity; prideful identification with 'I am liberated' in the absence of yogic discipline is a delusion that should be corrected by wise friends.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner freedom, Bhishma admonishes the king that mere self-assertion of jīvanmukti without the actual qualities of yoga—especially even-mindedness toward opposites—must be restrained, illustrated by the analogy of withholding medicine from an undisciplined patient.