Shloka 62

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

कर्मन्यासकृतानां च विरक्तानां ततस्तत: । या गतिर्ब्रह्मयसदने सा गतिस्त्वं सनातन,सनातन देव! कर्म-संन्यासियोंको और विरक्तोंको ब्रह्मलोकमें जो उत्तम गति प्राप्त होती है, वह आप ही हैं

Transliteration

karmanyāsakṛtānāṁ ca viraktānāṁ tatastataḥ | yā gatir brahmayasadane sā gatistvaṁ sanātana sanātana deva ||

Translation

วายุกล่าวว่า “สำหรับผู้ที่บำเพ็ญสันน्यासแห่งกรรม และผู้ที่คลายความยึดติดแล้ว ไม่ว่าจุดหมายอันสูงสุดใดที่กล่าวกันในสำนักแห่งพรหมัน—โอผู้เป็นนิรันดร์ โอเทวะผู้เป็นนิรันดร์—จุดหมายนั้นก็คือพระองค์เอง”

Word by Word

कर्मन्यासकृतानाम्of those who have performed renunciation of actions

चand

विरक्तानाम्of the detached (dispassionate ones)

ततःthereafter / thence

ततःagain thereafter / from that (repeatedly)

याwhich

गतिःgoal, state, attainment

ब्रह्मयसदनेin the abode of Brahman (Brahmaloka)

साthat

गतिःgoal, state, attainment

त्वम्you

सनातनO eternal one

देवO god

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Vāyu)

Sanātana Deva (the Eternal God)

Brahma-yasadana (abode of Brahman/Brahmaloka)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse identifies the highest spiritual goal promised to renouncers and the detached—often described as reaching Brahman’s abode—not as a mere place, but as the Eternal Divine itself. The ‘goal’ is ultimately communion with, or realization of, the timeless Lord.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu speaks in praise and theological affirmation, addressing the Eternal God and declaring that the supreme destination attained by action-renouncers and the dispassionate is identical with the deity being addressed.