Shloka 29

अलर्कोपाख्यानम् — Indriya-Nigraha and Yogic Victory

Mahābhārata 14.30

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरवके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक उनतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

indriyāṇi jaghānāśu bāṇenaikena vīryavān | yogenātmānam āviśya siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gataḥ ||

Translation

Mabilis na pinabagsak ng makapangyarihan ang mga pandama sa pamamagitan ng “iisang palaso”—ang disiplina ng yoga. Sa pagkalubog sa yogic na pagninilay, pumasok siya sa Sarili at natamo ang sukdulang kaganapan: kalayaan. Itinatanghal ng taludtod ang panloob na pananaig bilang pinakamataas na tagumpay: ang pagkamaster sa mga pandama sa pamamagitan ng nakatuong meditasyon ay humahantong sa mokṣa, hindi sa tagumpay na makamundo.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रियाणि: the senses
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• जघान: struck down / slew / overcame
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly, at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• बाणेन: with an arrow
• बाणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एकेन: with one (single)
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: powerful, valiant
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योगेन: by yoga, through meditation
• योगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आत्मानम्: the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आविश्य: having entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• परमिकाम्: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone, attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

समुद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• समुद्र (Samudra, the Ocean) as speaker (per given metadata)
• इन्द्रिय (the senses)
• योग (yoga/meditative discipline)
• आत्मन् (the Self)
• सिद्धि/मोक्ष (supreme attainment/liberation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True heroism is inner victory: by one-pointed yoga (meditative discipline), the practitioner subdues the senses and realizes the Self, culminating in the highest siddhi—mokṣa.

What is happening in the narrative?

A powerful figure is described metaphorically as using a single ‘arrow’—yoga—to defeat the senses. Through meditative absorption he ‘enters’ the Self and attains the supreme spiritual goal.