Shloka 27

Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)

Devanagari script

न त्वस्य रमते बुद्धिराश्रमेषु नराधिप । त्रिषु गार्हस्थ्यमूलेषु मोक्षधर्मानुदर्शिन:

Transliteration

na tv asya ramate buddhir āśrameṣu narādhipa | triṣu gārhasthya-mūleṣu mokṣa-dharmānudarśinaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Nhưng, hỡi Đại vương, tâm trí ngài không tìm thấy niềm vui trong các āśrama—ba giai đoạn đời sống nương trên nền tảng gia chủ. Bởi ngài là người luôn giữ ánh nhìn cố định nơi dharma của giải thoát (mokṣa).”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• tu: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• asya: of him / his
• asya: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (pronoun stem a-/asya)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• ramate: delights / takes pleasure
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

• buddhiḥ: mind / intellect
• buddhiḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• āśrameṣu: in the āśramas (stages of life)
• āśrameṣu: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• nara-adhipa: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara + adhipa
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• triṣu: in the three
• triṣu: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• gārhasthya-mūleṣu: in those rooted in householdership
• gārhasthya-mūleṣu: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gārhasthya + mūla
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• mokṣa-dharmānudarśinaḥ: those who contemplate/observe the dharmas of liberation
• mokṣa-dharmānudarśinaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mokṣa-dharma + anudarśin
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• narādhipa (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A mind oriented toward mokṣa (liberation) does not naturally take pleasure in the conventional āśrama pursuits grounded in household life; liberation-focused dharma reshapes what one finds fulfilling.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing the king, characterizes a certain person’s disposition: because he was devoted to mokṣa-dharma, he felt no satisfaction in the three life-stages dependent on the householder foundation.