Shloka 83

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

तुल्यद्वेष्यप्रिया दान्ता मुच्यन्ते कर्मबन्धनै: । जो कहीं आसक्त नहीं होते

Transliteration

tulyadveṣyapriyā dāntā mucyante karmabandhanaiḥ |

Translation

Đại Tự Tại (Maheśvara) tuyên bố rằng: những ai giữ tâm bình đẳng trước kẻ mình ghét cũng như người mình thương, và biết tự chế, sẽ được giải thoát khỏi xiềng xích do chính nghiệp mình rèn nên. Không bám víu vì ái luyến, giữ sự điềm tĩnh có kỷ luật trong các mối quan hệ, họ không còn bị nghiệp trói buộc và tiến dần đến giải thoát.

Word by Word

• तुल्यद्वेष्यप्रियाḥ: having enemies and friends as equal
• तुल्यद्वेष्यप्रियाḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य-द्वेष्य-प्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दान्ताḥ: self-controlled, restrained
• दान्ताḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• कर्मबन्धनैः: by/through the bonds of action (karmic bonds)
• कर्मबन्धनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म-बन्धन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Equanimity toward both the dear and the disliked, together with sense-control, dissolves karmic bondage; inner discipline and non-attachment are presented as direct means toward liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara is speaking as a spiritual authority, summarizing a criterion of the liberated person: one who treats friend and foe alike and remains self-restrained is said to be freed from the binding consequences of action.