Shloka 65

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच वृत्रेण परमार्थज्ञ दृष्टा मन्ये55त्मनो गति: । शुभा तस्मात्‌ स सुखितो न शोचति पितामह,युधिष्ठिरने कहा--परमार्थतत्त्वके ज्ञाता पितामह! मैं समझता हूँ कि वृत्रासुरने आत्माके शुभ एवं यथार्थ स्वरूपका साक्षात्कार कर लिया था; इसीलिये वह सुखी था, शोक नहीं करता था

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Vṛtreṇa paramārthajña dṛṣṭā manye ’tmano gatiḥ | śubhā tasmāt sa sukhito na śocati pitāmaha ||

Translation

یُدھشٹھِر نے کہا—اے پِتامہ! اے حقیقتِ اعلیٰ کے جاننے والے! میرا گمان ہے کہ ورتراسُر نے آتما کی مبارک اور حقیقی راہ کو عیاں دیکھ لیا تھا؛ اسی لیے وہ مطمئن تھا اور غم نہیں کرتا تھا۔

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

उवाचsaid

वृत्रेणby Vritra

परमार्थज्ञknower of the highest truth

दृष्टाseen/realized

मन्येI think

आत्मनःof the self

गतिःstate/goal/condition

शुभाauspicious

तस्मात्therefore/from that

सःhe

सुखितःhappy/content

नnot

शोचतिgrieves

पितामहO grandsire

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Vṛtra (Vṛtrāsura)

Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Direct realization of the Self (ātma-darśana) brings inner auspiciousness and freedom from sorrow; one who knows the highest truth remains content even amid suffering or death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as a knower of ultimate truth and reflects on Vṛtrāsura, saying that Vṛtra must have realized the true nature and destiny of the Self, which is why he remained ungrieving and peaceful.