Shanti Parva Adhyaya 249 Shloka 16 - Mahabharata | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shloka 16

Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra

Devanagari script

यां तरन्ति कृतप्रज्ञा धृतिमन्तो मनीषिण: । तां तीर्ण: सर्वतो मुक्तो विधृतात्मा55त्मविच्छुचि:

Transliteration

yāṃ taranti kṛtaprajñā dhṛtimanto manīṣiṇaḥ | tāṃ tīrṇaḥ sarvato mukto vidhṛtātmātmavicchuciḥ ||

Translation

வ்யாசர் கூறினார்—சித்தப் பிரஞ்ஞையுடையோர், திடநிலையுடையோர், மெய்ஞ்ஞானிகள் எதை (நிலை/பாதை)த் தாண்டுகிறார்களோ, அதைத் தாண்டியவன் எல்லாத் திசைகளிலும் விடுதலை பெறுகிறான். தன்னை நன்றாகக் கட்டுப்படுத்தி, ஆத்மஞானத்தால் தூய்மையடைந்து, கட்டுப்பாடுகளிலிருந்து விடுபட்டு நிலைபெறுகிறான்.

Word by Word

याम्which (path/way) / whom

तरन्तिcross (over)

कृतप्रज्ञाःof accomplished/steady wisdom

धृतिमन्तःendowed with fortitude

मनीषिणःsages/wise men

ताम्that (same) (path/way)

तीर्णःhaving crossed

सर्वतःfrom all sides / in every way

मुक्तःfreed/liberated

विधृतात्माone whose self is well-controlled/steadied

आत्मवित्knower of the Self

शुचिःpure

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is attained by crossing beyond a binding condition through perfected discernment, steadfast resolve, and disciplined self-mastery; self-knowledge purifies and results in comprehensive freedom.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a general principle: the wise cross a difficult existential passage, and once they have crossed it, they become free—purified and stabilized through self-knowledge and inner discipline.