Shloka 65

श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः

Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच वृत्रेण परमार्थज्ञ दृष्टा मन्ये55त्मनो गति: । शुभा तस्मात्‌ स सुखितो न शोचति पितामह

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Vṛtreṇa paramārthajña dṛṣṭā manye ’tmano gatiḥ | śubhā tasmāt sa sukhito na śocati pitāmaha ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Bạch Tổ phụ, bậc am tường chân lý tối thượng, con tin rằng Vṛtra đã trực ngộ con đường chân thật của Tự Ngã—tốt lành và như thực. Vì thế ông an nhiên, không sầu muộn.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• वृत्रेण: by Vritra
• वृत्रेण: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमार्थज्ञ: knower of the highest truth
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमार्थज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दृष्टा: seen/realized
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• आत्मनः: of the self
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गतिः: state/goal/condition
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभा: auspicious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखितः: happy/content
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• शोचति: grieves
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

• पितामह: O grandsire
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vṛtra (Vṛtrāsura)
• Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Direct realization of the Self (ātma-darśana) brings inner auspiciousness and freedom from sorrow; one who knows the highest truth remains content even amid suffering or death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as a knower of ultimate truth and reflects on Vṛtrāsura, saying that Vṛtra must have realized the true nature and destiny of the Self, which is why he remained ungrieving and peaceful.