Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यावानात्मनि वेदात्मा तावानात्मा परात्मनि । य एवं सततं वेद सो<मृतत्त्वाय कल्पते,अपने शरीरके भीतर जैसा ज्ञानस्वरूप आत्मा है वैसा ही दूसरोंके शरीरमें भी है, जिस पुरुषको निरन्तर ऐसा ज्ञान बना रहता है, वह अमृतत्त्वको प्राप्त होनेमें समर्थ है

Transliteration

yāvān ātmani vedātmā tāvān ātmā parātmani | ya evaṃ satataṃ veda so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate ||

Translation

جیسے اپنے جسم کے اندر علم کی صورت والا آتما ہے، ویسا ہی آتما دوسروں کے جسموں میں بھی ہے۔ جس شخص میں یہ فہم مسلسل قائم رہے، وہ اَمرتَتْو (لازوالیت) پانے کے لائق ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

यावान्as great as; to whatever extent

आत्मनिin the self

वेदात्माthe Veda-souled one; the one whose essence is knowledge (Veda)

तावान्so great; to that same extent

आत्माthe self

परात्मनिin the supreme self / in the other self

यःwho

एवम्thus; in this manner

सततम्constantly; always

वेदknows

सःhe

अमृतत्त्वायfor immortality

कल्पतेis fit; becomes capable; is destined

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the sameness of the Self in oneself and in others: realizing the same consciousness in all beings, and sustaining that realization, qualifies one for amṛtatva—deathlessness or liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the instruction-heavy Shānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers a contemplative teaching: he points from inner experience (the knowing Self within) to a universal vision (the same Self in others), framing it as a practical, continuous realization that leads toward liberation.