Shloka 134

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तानि तानि तु संचिन्त्य सड्रस्थानान्यरिंदम । आत्मना55त्मनि सम्पश्येत्‌ किमन्यन्मुक्तलक्षणम्‌,शत्रुओंका दमन करनेवाले महाराज! नाना प्रकारके जो-जो पदार्थ हैं, उन सबको आसक्तिके स्थान समझकर अपने द्वारा अपनेहीमें अपनेको देखे। इसके सिवा मुक्तका और क्या लक्षण हो सकता है?

Transliteration

tāni tāni tu sañcintya ṣaḍr̥sthānāny ariṃdama | ātmanā ātmani sampaśyet kim anyan mukta-lakṣaṇam ||

Translation

ఓ అరిదమా! ఆ నానావిధ విషయాలను మళ్లీ మళ్లీ విచారించి, అవి ఆసక్తికి ఆధారస్థానాలని గ్రహించి, స్వయంబోధంతో ఆత్మలో ఆత్మను దర్శించాలి—ఇదికాక ముక్తి లక్షణం ఇంకేముంటుంది?

Word by Word

तानिthose (things)

तानिthose (very same things)

तुbut/indeed

संचिन्त्यhaving reflected upon

सड्रस्थानानिthe six stations/abodes (i.e., loci)

अरिंदमO subduer of foes

आत्मनाby the self

आत्मनिin the self

सम्पश्येत्should see/should perceive

किम्what?

अन्यत्other (than this)

मुक्तलक्षणम्the mark/characteristic of the liberated (one)

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Yudhishthira (implied by ariṃdama)

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 marked by clear inner vision: recognizing external objects as occasions for attachment and turning awareness inward to directly perceive the Self in oneself.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues his discourse on renunciation and liberation, defining the practical sign of a liberated person as inward Self-perception grounded in detachment.