Shloka 7

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

वीतरागा विमुच्यन्ते पुरुषा: कर्मबन्धनै: । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ये न हिंसन्ति किंचन

Transliteration

vītarāgā vimucyante puruṣāḥ karmabandhanaiḥ | karmaṇā manasā vācā ye na hiṃsanti kiṃcana ||

Translation

Những người đã dứt sạch mọi luyến ái được giải thoát khỏi xiềng xích của nghiệp. Ai không làm hại bất kỳ ai—bằng hành động, bằng ý nghĩ, hay bằng lời nói—người ấy được tự do khỏi những ràng buộc do hành vi tạo nên.

Word by Word

• वीतरागाः: free from attachment
• वीतरागाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीतराग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विमुच्यन्ते: are released / become free
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+मुच्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada (Passive sense), Third, Plural

• पुरुषाः: men / persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्मबन्धनैः: by/through the bonds of action
• कर्मबन्धनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मबन्धन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• कर्मणा: by action / by deed
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मनसा: by mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वाचा: by speech
• वाचा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हिंसन्ति: injure / harm
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• किञ्चन: anything / anyone at all
• किञ्चन: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किञ्चन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī-Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• puruṣāḥ (persons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation from karmic bondage arises from two linked disciplines: detachment (vītarāga) and complete non-violence (ahiṃsā) in the three channels of conduct—body (karma), mind (manas), and speech (vāc).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara is instructing on the ethical-spiritual means to transcend karmic bonds, emphasizing that inner intention and speech are as morally decisive as outward action.