Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त:स तदा कृष्ण मया शिष्यो महातपा: । अगच्छत यथाकामं ब्राह्मण: संशितव्रत:

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sa tadā kṛṣṇa mayā śiṣyo mahātapāḥ | agacchat yathākāmaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ ||

Translation

Bà-la-môn nói: “Hỡi Kṛṣṇa, khi ta đã nói như vậy, đệ tử của ta—một ẩn sĩ đại khổ hạnh, một Bà-la-môn giữ giới nguyện kiên cố và kỷ luật nghiêm minh—liền rời đi, theo ý mình, đến nơi mà ông đã chọn.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• शिष्यः: disciple
• शिष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: of great austerity
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अगच्छत्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथाकामम्: as he wished / at will
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथाकाम

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संशितव्रतः: of firm/strict vows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशितव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Brāhmaṇa (speaker)
• Disciple (Brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined conduct (saṃśitavrata) and the autonomy of a spiritually accomplished person: after receiving instruction, the ascetic disciple proceeds without attachment, acting in accordance with his resolved purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker (a Brāhmaṇa) tells Kṛṣṇa that, after he spoke to his disciple, the great ascetic Brāhmaṇa departed at once, going freely to the place he intended.