Shloka 131

Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)

Devanagari script

यस्य सर्वे समारम्भा निराशीर्बन्धना द्विज

Transliteration

yasya sarve samārambhā nirāśīrbandhanā dvija

Translation

بھاردواج نے کہا— اے دْوِج! جس کے تمام کاموں کی ابتدا خواہشِ ثمر سے خالی اور وابستگی کی زنجیروں سے آزاد ہو…

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• समारम्भाः: undertakings/initiatives
• समारम्भाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समारम्भ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• निराशीः: free from expectation/without desire
• निराशीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराशी
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• बन्धनात्: from bondage/from attachment
• बन्धनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse points to an ethical ideal of action without craving for outcomes and without attachment that binds—undertaking duties with inner freedom rather than desire-driven compulsion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bharadvāja addresses a ‘dvija’ and begins describing the qualities of a person whose actions are untainted by expectation and bondage, as part of a broader Shānti Parva discourse on right conduct and liberation-oriented living.