Shloka 14

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

विमुक्त: सर्वसंस्कारैस्ततो ब्रह्म सनातनम्‌ । परमाप्रोति संशान्तमचलं नित्यमक्षरम्‌

Transliteration

vimuktaḥ sarvasaṃskāraiḥ tato brahma sanātanam | paramāpnoti saṃśāntam acalaṃ nityam akṣaram ||

Translation

Bà-la-môn nói: Người đã được giải thoát khỏi mọi dấu ấn huân tập và mọi cấu tạo nghi lễ–tâm thức thì đạt đến Brahman vĩnh cửu—Thực tại Tối thượng—tịch nhiên, bất động, thường trụ và bất hoại.

Word by Word

• विमुक्तः: freed, released
• विमुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त (वि+मुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वसंस्कारैः: from all impressions/conditionings (saṃskāras)
• सर्वसंस्कारैः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसंस्कार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (the Absolute)
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नोति: attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संशान्तम्: fully tranquil
• संशान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशान्त (सम्+शम्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अचलम्: immovable
• अचलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यम्: everlasting
• नित्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्षरम्: imperishable
• अक्षरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)
• ब्रह्म / परब्रह्म परमात्मा (Brahman, Supreme Self)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation comes through freedom from all saṃskāras—deep conditioning and constructed mental-ritual formations. When these cease to bind, one attains the eternal, imperishable Brahman characterized by complete peace and unshakable steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker delivers a doctrinal statement on the highest goal (Brahman-realization), describing the state reached by a person who has become detached from all conditioning and thus attains the tranquil, immutable Supreme Reality.