Shloka 6

जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः

Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga

Devanagari script

मोक्षाश्रमं यक्षरते यथोक्तं शुचि: सुसंकल्पितमुक्तबुद्धि: । अनिन्धन ज्योतिरिव प्रशान्तं स ब्रह्मलोकं श्रयते मनुष्य:

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca | mokṣāśramaṁ yakṣarate yathoktaṁ śuciḥ susaṅkalpitamuktabuddhiḥ | anindhana-jyotir iva praśāntaṁ sa brahmalokaṁ śrayate manuṣyaḥ ||

Translation

சங்கல்பப் பற்றை விட்டு, தூய்மையுடன் உறுதியான தீர்மானம் கொண்ட விடுபட்ட புத்தியுடன், சாஸ்திர விதிப்படி மோக்ஷாஶ்ரமம் (ஸந்ந்யாச) ஒழுக்கத்தை முறையாகக் கடைப்பிடிக்கும் மனிதன், எரிபொருள் இன்றியே எரியும் தீஜ்வாலையைப் போல அமைதியும் ஒளியும் நிறைந்த பிரம்மலோகத்தை அடைகிறான்।

Word by Word

• {'mokṣāśramam': 'the āśrama (stage/discipline) oriented to liberation

• renunciant order (saṁnyāsa)', 'yathoktam': 'as stated

• according to instruction (scriptural prescription)', 'śuciḥ': 'pure

• cleansed (externally and internally)', 'su-saṅkalpita': 'well-resolved

• properly oriented in intention', 'mukta-buddhiḥ': 'one whose mind/intellect is freed (from attachment, delusion, grasping)', 'anindhana-jyotiḥ': 'a light/flame without fuel

• self-sustaining radiance', 'iva': 'like

• as', 'praśāntam': 'fully pacified

• stilled', 'brahmalokam': 'Brahma-world

• realm/state associated with Brahman/Brahmā (highest spiritual attainment in this context)', 'śrayate': 'resorts to

• takes refuge in', 'manuṣyaḥ': 'a human being

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• mokṣāśrama (saṁnyāsa)
• brahmaloka
• anindhana-jyoti (fuel-less flame/light)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation-oriented life (mokṣāśrama/saṁnyāsa) succeeds through purity, freedom of intellect from attachment, and living exactly by the prescribed discipline; the result is a serene, self-sustaining spiritual radiance culminating in brahmaloka.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bharadvāja describes the fruit of properly practiced renunciation: the renunciant who follows the scriptural method with a purified, unattached mind attains the tranquil Brahma-world, likened to a flame that shines without fuel.