Shloka 65

श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः

Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच वृत्रेण परमार्थज्ञ दृष्टा मन्ये55त्मनो गति: । शुभा तस्मात्‌ स सुखितो न शोचति पितामह

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Vṛtreṇa paramārthajña dṛṣṭā manye ’tmano gatiḥ | śubhā tasmāt sa sukhito na śocati pitāmaha ||

Translation

ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਪਰਮਾਰਥ ਦੇ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਪਿਤਾਮਹ! ਮੈਂ ਸਮਝਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਵ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਰਾਸੁਰ ਨੇ ਆਤਮਾ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਅਤੇ ਯਥਾਰਥ ਗਤੀ ਦਾ ਸਾਕਸ਼ਾਤਕਾਰ ਕਰ ਲਿਆ ਸੀ; ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਸੁਖੀ ਸੀ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ੋਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦਾ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• वृत्रेण: by Vritra
• वृत्रेण: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमार्थज्ञ: knower of the highest truth
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमार्थज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दृष्टा: seen/realized
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• आत्मनः: of the self
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गतिः: state/goal/condition
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभा: auspicious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखितः: happy/content
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• शोचति: grieves
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

• पितामह: O grandsire
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vṛtra (Vṛtrāsura)
• Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Direct realization of the Self (ātma-darśana) brings inner auspiciousness and freedom from sorrow; one who knows the highest truth remains content even amid suffering or death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as a knower of ultimate truth and reflects on Vṛtrāsura, saying that Vṛtra must have realized the true nature and destiny of the Self, which is why he remained ungrieving and peaceful.