Shloka 15

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

तस्मादपि च निर्मुक्ता अनिरुद्धतनौ स्थिता:

Transliteration

tasmād api ca nirmuktā aniruddha-tanau sthitāḥ

Translation

نارد نے کہا—“پس اُس بندھن سے بھی رہائی پا کر وہ انِرُدھ کے جسمانی روپ میں قائم رہتے ہیں، اور اسی میں ثابت قدمی سے مستقر ہوتے ہیں۔”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• निर्मुक्ताः: released; freed
• निर्मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अनिरुद्धतनौ: in the unrestrained body/form
• अनिरुद्धतनौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्धतनु
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• स्थिताः: standing; abiding
• स्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Aniruddha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes liberation through complete detachment: once freed from prior bonds, the liberated ones remain firmly established in the divine reality represented here as Aniruddha—suggesting steadfast God-centeredness as the culmination of spiritual practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva, describing the state of those who have become free: they are no longer entangled in former constraints and are portrayed as abiding in Aniruddha’s form/presence, indicating their settled, unwavering spiritual attainment.