Shloka 8

Adhyāya 42 (Śānti Parva): Śrāddha, Aurdhvadaihika Rites, and Royal Welfare Measures

Devanagari script

स तेषामनृणो भूत्वा गत्वा लोकेष्ववाच्यताम्‌

Transliteration

sa teṣām anṛṇo bhūtvā gatvā lokeṣv avācyatām

Translation

At nang siya’y naging walang pagkakautang sa kanila—natupad na ang lahat ng dapat bayaran—siya’y lumisan at pumasok sa mga daigdig na di na nasasambit ng karaniwang balita at alaala.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them / to them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अनृणः: free from debt/obligation
• अनृणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अवाच्यताम्: unspeakableness / being beyond reproach (lit. not-to-be-spoken-of)
• अवाच्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवाच्यता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• लोक (worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should complete and repay one’s obligations (ṛṇa)—to people, dependents, benefactors, and duties—before withdrawing from life; ethical freedom is framed as becoming anṛṇa, ‘debtless’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a certain person, after settling what he owed to others, departed from this world and reached a state or realm described as avācyatā—beyond ordinary mention—signaling death or transcendence after duties are fulfilled.