Shloka 50
Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant
नद्देष्यो न प्रिय: कश्रिन्न बन्धुर्न रिपुस्तथा । न जरामरणे तत्र न पुण्यं न च पातकम्
na dveṣyo na priyaḥ kaścin na bandhur na ripus tathā | na jarāmaraṇe tatra na puṇyaṃ na ca pātakam ||
گوتَم نے کہا—وہاں نہ کوئی نفرت کا مستحق ہے نہ کسی کے لیے خاص محبت؛ نہ وہاں کوئی رشتہ دار ہے نہ دشمن۔ اس عالم میں نہ بڑھاپا ہے نہ موت؛ نہ ثواب ہے نہ گناہ۔
गौतम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse describes a transcendent realm where dualities (hate/affection, friend/enemy) and the ordinary karmic ledger (merit/sin) no longer operate, pointing toward liberation beyond worldly conditioning.
Gautama is characterizing an exalted state/realm (understood in context as Brahmaloka or a liberation-oriented condition) by negating the features of embodied life—aging, death, and relational oppositions—thereby elevating the listener’s aim from worldly concerns to spiritual release.