Shloka 38

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

प्रश्निता विनयोपेता दमनित्या: सुसंशिता: । प्रयान्ति स्थानमजरं सर्वकर्मविवर्जिता:

Transliteration

praśnitā vinayopetā damanityāḥ su-saṃśitāḥ | prayānti sthānam ajaraṃ sarva-karma-vivarjitāḥ ||

Translation

Те, кто, будучи вопрошаем и испытываем, всё же остаётся исполненным смирения и дисциплинированного поведения — крепко обузданный и хорошо обученный, — продвигаются к состоянию нестареющему. Отрешившись от всякого связывающего действия (присвоения и привязанности), они достигают непреходящей цели жизнью самообуздания, скромности и твёрдых обетов.

Word by Word

• प्रश्निताः: questioned / examined / instructed (having been asked)
• प्रश्निताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रश्नित (√प्रच्छ्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विनय-उपेताः: endowed with humility/discipline
• विनय-उपेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय + उपेत (√इ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दम-नित्याः: constantly self-controlled
• दम-नित्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दम + नित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सु-संशिताः: well-trained / well-disciplined
• सु-संशिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + संशित (√शा/√शि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रयान्ति: go / attain
• प्रयान्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (प्र + √या)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• स्थानम्: state / abode / position
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अजरम्: ageless / undecaying
• अजरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्व-कर्म-विवर्जिताः: free from all actions (renouncing all acts)
• सर्व-कर्म-विवर्जिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + कर्म + विवर्जित (वि + √वृज्/√वर्ज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is presented as the fruit of disciplined renunciation: humility (vinaya), self-restraint (dama), and firm training in vows lead one beyond binding action to the imperishable, unaging state.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, the sage Parāśara describes the qualities and trajectory of renunciants/ascetics: when tested and instructed, they remain humble and controlled, and thus attain the unaging goal free from karmic entanglement.