Shloka 15

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

तस्मादपि च निर्मुक्ता अनिरुद्धतनौ स्थिता:

Transliteration

tasmād api ca nirmuktā aniruddha-tanau sthitāḥ

Translation

ਨਾਰਦ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—“ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਸ ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਮੁਕਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਅਨਿਰੁੱਧ ਦੇ ਤਨੁ-ਸਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਟਿਕੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਉਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਠਿਤ।”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• निर्मुक्ताः: released; freed
• निर्मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अनिरुद्धतनौ: in the unrestrained body/form
• अनिरुद्धतनौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्धतनु
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• स्थिताः: standing; abiding
• स्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Aniruddha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes liberation through complete detachment: once freed from prior bonds, the liberated ones remain firmly established in the divine reality represented here as Aniruddha—suggesting steadfast God-centeredness as the culmination of spiritual practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva, describing the state of those who have become free: they are no longer entangled in former constraints and are portrayed as abiding in Aniruddha’s form/presence, indicating their settled, unwavering spiritual attainment.