Shloka 6

परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269

Devanagari script

अनश्रिता: पापकर्म कदाचित्‌ कर्मयोगिन: । मन: संकल्पसंसिद्धा विशुद्धज्ञाननिश्चया:

Transliteration

anāśritāḥ pāpakarma kadācit karmayoginaḥ | manaḥ-saṅkalpa-saṁsiddhā viśuddha-jñāna-niścayāḥ ||

Translation

Ca-tỳ-la nói: Người hành nghiệp-yoga không bao giờ nương vào hành vi tội lỗi. Khi ý chí của tâm dần được viên mãn và hoàn thiện, họ đạt niềm xác tín vững chắc nơi tri kiến thanh tịnh—sự sáng tỏ về thực tại tối thượng—nhờ một đời sống đặt nền trên kỷ luật hành động và sự tự chế theo đạo lý.

Word by Word

• अनश्रिताः: not resorting to / not dependent on
• अनश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाश्रित (आ-श्रि धातु से, नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पापकर्म: sinful action
• पापकर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापकर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कदाचित्: ever / at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्
• Form: true

• कर्मयोगिनः: practitioners of karma-yoga
• कर्मयोगिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मयोगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनः: of the mind
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• संकल्प: of resolve / intention
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संसिद्धाः: fully accomplished / perfected
• संसिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसिद्ध (सम्-सिध् धातु से क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विशुद्ध: of pure / purified
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ज्ञान: of knowledge
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• निश्चयाः: having firm conviction
• निश्चयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapila

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Kapila teaches that a true practitioner of karma-yoga never takes support of unethical or sinful actions. By sustained right action and inner discipline, one’s mental resolve becomes effective and fulfilled, culminating in steady conviction in purified spiritual knowledge—insight into the highest truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Kapila is delivering a doctrinal discourse. This verse characterizes the karma-yogin: morally restrained, unwavering in practice, and gradually attaining inner success (saṅkalpa-siddhi) and firm certainty in pure knowledge.