Shloka 40

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

स चेन्निवृत्तबन्धस्तु विशुद्धश्नापि कर्मभि: । प्राप्नोति सुकृताललोकान्‌ यत्र गत्वा न शोचति,इस प्रकार बन्धनरहित तथा शुद्ध हुआ मनुष्य अपने पुण्य कर्मोके प्रभावसे पुण्यलोक प्राप्त करता है, जहाँ जाकर कोई भी शोक नहीं करता है

Transliteration

sa cennivṛttabandhastu viśuddhaḥ snāpi karmabhiḥ | prāpnoti sukṛtāl lokān yatra gatvā na śocati ||

Translation

Người thợ săn nói: Nếu một người thật sự rút lui khỏi những ràng buộc thế tục và tự thanh tịnh từ bên trong, thì—dẫu vẫn tiếp tục hành động—người ấy vẫn đạt đến những cõi lành do công đức mà được. Đã đến những thế giới cát tường ấy rồi, ở đó không còn sầu muộn nữa.

Word by Word

सःhe

चेत्if

निवृत्तबन्धःfreed from bondage (whose bonds have ceased)

तुbut/indeed

विशुद्धःpurified, pure

अपिalso/even

कर्मभिःby (good) deeds

प्राप्नोतिattains

सुकृताल्लोकान्worlds gained by merit (meritorious worlds)

यत्रwhere

गत्वाhaving gone

नnot

शोचतिgrieves

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter; speaker)

sukṛtalokāḥ (meritorious/auspicious worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Freedom from attachment (nivṛtta-bandha) and inner purity (viśuddha) are decisive; when actions are performed without binding attachment, they lead to meritorious states and a sorrowless condition rather than further bondage.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s instruction on dharma, he explains to his listener that one need not abandon action itself; a person who has cut inner bonds and become purified can still act and yet attain auspicious realms where grief does not arise.