Shloka 36

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

अयं स सत्यकामानां सत्यलोक: परं सताम्‌ | अपवर्गश्न मुक्तानां कैवल्यं चात्मवेदिनाम्‌

Transliteration

ayaṃ sa satyakāmānāṃ satyalokaḥ paraṃ satām | apavargaś ca muktānāṃ kaivalyaṃ cātmavedinām ||

Translation

Vāyu nói: “Chính Ngài là Satyaloka—cõi Chân Thật tối thượng dành cho bậc hiền thiện yêu mến và tìm cầu chân lý. Chính Ngài là apavarga (giải thoát rốt ráo) của người đã được giải thoát, và là kaivalya (tính độc nhất tuyệt đối của Tự Ngã) của kẻ thật sự biết Ātman.”

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (he/this one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he/that (same one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यकामानाम्: of those desiring truth / truth-seekers
• सत्यकामानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यकाम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सत्यलोकः: the world/realm of truth
• सत्यलोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यलोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सताम्: of the good/virtuous (persons)
• सताम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अपवर्गः: liberation, emancipation
• अपवर्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपवर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मुक्तानाम्: of the liberated (ones)
• मुक्तानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कैवल्यम्: absolute aloneness; final liberation
• कैवल्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैवल्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• आत्मवेदिनाम्: of the knowers of the Self
• आत्मवेदिनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मवेदिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Satyaloka
• Ātman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truth (satya) is presented not merely as moral speech but as a spiritual orientation: for those devoted to truth, the highest goal is ‘Satyaloka,’ which is equated here with apavarga (mokṣa) and kaivalya (final freedom). The verse identifies the culmination of dharmic living and inner realization as the same ultimate liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is describing the supreme state or realm attained by the truly virtuous and truth-seeking persons. He characterizes it in multiple synonymous ways—Satyaloka, apavarga, and kaivalya—so the listener understands that the ‘highest world’ being discussed is essentially liberation itself, realized by the Self-knowers.