Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यदा चायं न बिभेति यदा चास्मान्न बिभ्यति | यदा नेच्छति न डेष्टि ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा,“जब सर्वत्र ब्रह्मदृष्टि होनेके कारण यह पुरुष किसीसे नहीं डरता और जब उससे भी दूसरे प्राणी नहीं डरते तथा जब वह न तो किसीकी इच्छा करता है और न किसीसे द्वेष ही रखता है, उस समय वह ब्रह्मको प्राप्त हो जाता है”

Transliteration

yadā cāyaṃ na bibheti yadā cāsmān na bibhyati | yadā necchati na dveṣṭi brahma sampadyate tadā ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：当一个人见梵遍在，故不惧任何人——而众生亦不惧他；当他既无所贪求，也不对任何人怀恨——那时他便证得梵。

Word by Word

यदाwhen

चand

अयम्this (man/person)

नnot

बिभेतिfears

यदाwhen

चand

अस्मान्us

नnot

बिभ्यतिfear

यदाwhen

नnot

इच्छतिdesires

नnot

द्वेष्टिhates

ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)

सम्पद्यतेis attained / comes to be attained

तदाthen

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Brahman

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?

Attaining Brahman is linked to inner freedom and ethical purity: one becomes fearless, causes no fear to others, and is free from craving (icchā) and hatred (dveṣa). These qualities indicate a mind no longer driven by attachment and aversion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is delivering a doctrinal statement within the Adi Parva’s instructional material, describing the characteristics of a person who reaches the highest state (Brahman): mutual fearlessness with all beings and the cessation of desire and hostility.