Shloka 54

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच इत्युक्त्वा स तदा वाक्यं मां पार्थ द्विजसत्तम: । मोक्षधर्माश्रित: सम्यक्‌ तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | ity uktvā sa tadā vākyaṃ māṃ pārtha dvijasattamaḥ | mokṣadharmāśritaḥ samyak tatraivāntaradhīyata ||

Translation

ਵਾਯੁਦੇਵ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਹੇ ਪਾਰਥ! ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਬਚਨ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ, ਮੋਖਸ਼-ਧਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਥਿਤ ਉਹ ਦ੍ਵਿਜ-ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਉਸੇ ਥਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਅੰਤਧਾਨ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• वायुदेवः: Vāyudeva (the Wind-god)
• वायुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Active

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• वाक्यम्: speech; statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्विजसत्तमः: the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्माश्रितः: having resorted to the dharma of liberation
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्षधर्माश्रित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta) used adjectivally, श्रि (आश्रि/श्रय् in sense 'to resort to')

• सम्यक्: properly; completely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

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

• अन्तर्धीयत: vanished; disappeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (अन्तर्धा)
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Vāyu)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• dvijasattama (an eminent Brahmin-sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights mokṣa-dharma as a lived commitment: a realized teacher delivers a concise, purposeful instruction and then withdraws, emphasizing that liberation depends on the disciple’s internalization and practice, not on external dependence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva recounts that an eminent Brahmin-sage addressed him (with Arjuna being the listener addressed as ‘Pārtha’) and, after finishing his message, disappeared on the spot—signaling the completion and authority of the teaching episode.