Shloka 33

ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven

Devanagari script

शुक्र उवाच अधर्मात्‌ त्वां विमुज्चामि वृणु त्वं वरमीप्सितम्‌ | अस्मिन्‌ विवाहे मा म्लासीरहं पापं नुदामि ते,शुक्राचार्यने कहा--राजन! मैं तुम्हें अधर्मसे मुक्त करता हूँ; तुम्हारी जो इच्छा हो वर माँग लो। इस विवाहको लेकर तुम्हारे मनमें ग्लानि नहीं होनी चाहिये। मैं तुम्हारे सारे पापको दूर करता हूँ

Transliteration

śukra uvāca: adharmāt tvāṁ vimucyāmi vṛṇu tvaṁ varam īpsitam | asmin vivāhe mā mlāsīr ahaṁ pāpaṁ nudāmi te ||

Translation

شکر نے کہا—اے راجن! میں تمہیں اَدھرم کے داغ سے آزاد کرتا ہوں؛ جو ور تمہیں مطلوب ہو مانگ لو۔ اس نکاح کے بارے میں تمہارے دل میں کوئی ملال نہ رہے؛ میں تمہارا گناہ دور کرتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'adharmāt', 'definition': 'from adharma

• from unrighteousness/ethical fault'}, {'term': 'tvām', 'definition': 'you (accusative singular)'}, {'term': 'vimucyāmi', 'definition': 'I set free, release, absolve'}, {'term': 'vṛṇu', 'definition': 'choose! (imperative of √vṛ)'}, {'term': 'varam', 'definition': 'a boon, gift, granted favor'}, {'term': 'īpsitam', 'definition': 'desired, wished-for'}, {'term': 'asmin vivāhe', 'definition': 'in/with regard to this marriage'}, {'term': 'mā', 'definition': 'do not (prohibitive particle)'}, {'term': 'mlāsīḥ (mlāsīr)', 'definition': 'do not be dejected/faint

• do not feel despondency or moral sinking'}, {'term': 'aham', 'definition': 'I'}, {'term': 'pāpam', 'definition': 'sin, demerit, moral fault'}, {'term': 'nudāmi', 'definition': 'I drive away, remove (from √nud)'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'your/to you (genitive/dative enclitic)'}]

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śukra (Śukrācārya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames moral repair as possible through authoritative absolution and conscious ethical reassurance: when a disputed act (here, a marriage) burdens the mind with guilt, a dharmic authority can declare release from adharma, remove pāpa, and restore inner steadiness—so that one proceeds without corrosive remorse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śukra speaks to a person troubled by the ethical implications of a marriage. He declares that he is freeing the person from adharma, invites them to ask for a desired boon, and explicitly instructs them not to feel dejection or guilt about the marriage because he will remove the sin associated with it.