Shloka 29

अलर्कोपाख्यानम् — Indriya-Nigraha and Yogic Victory

Mahābhārata 14.30

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरवके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक उनतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

indriyāṇi jaghānāśu bāṇenaikena vīryavān | yogenātmānam āviśya siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gataḥ ||

Translation

Могучий быстро поразил чувства «единственной стрелой» — дисциплиной йоги. Войдя в Атман через йогическое погружение, он достиг высшего совершенства — освобождения. Этот стих утверждает: внутренняя победа — величайшая; владычество над чувствами посредством сосредоточенной медитации приводит к мокше, а не к мирскому торжеству.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रियाणि: the senses
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• जघान: struck down / slew / overcame
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly, at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• बाणेन: with an arrow
• बाणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एकेन: with one (single)
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: powerful, valiant
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योगेन: by yoga, through meditation
• योगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आत्मानम्: the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आविश्य: having entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• परमिकाम्: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone, attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

समुद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• समुद्र (Samudra, the Ocean) as speaker (per given metadata)
• इन्द्रिय (the senses)
• योग (yoga/meditative discipline)
• आत्मन् (the Self)
• सिद्धि/मोक्ष (supreme attainment/liberation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True heroism is inner victory: by one-pointed yoga (meditative discipline), the practitioner subdues the senses and realizes the Self, culminating in the highest siddhi—mokṣa.

What is happening in the narrative?

A powerful figure is described metaphorically as using a single ‘arrow’—yoga—to defeat the senses. Through meditative absorption he ‘enters’ the Self and attains the supreme spiritual goal.