Shloka 131
Devanagari script
न वासुदेवभक्तानामशुभं विद्यते क्वचित् | जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिभयं नैवोपजायते,वासुदेवके भक्तोंका कहीं कभी भी अशुभ नहीं होता है तथा उनको जन्म, मृत्यु, जरा और व्याधिका भी भय नहीं रहता है
Transliteration
na vāsudevabhaktānām aśubhaṁ vidyate kvacit | janmamṛtyujarāvyādhibhayaṁ naivopajāyate ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：对婆苏提婆的信奉者而言，任何不祥从不生起；对他们来说，对生、死、老、病的恐惧亦不复出现。
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वासुदेवभक्तानाम्of the devotees of Vāsudeva
वासुदेवभक्तानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव-भक्त
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अशुभम्inauspiciousness/evil
अशुभम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअशुभ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विद्यतेexists/is found
विद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (विद्यते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
क्वचित्anywhere/ever
क्वचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्वचित्
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मृत्युdeath
मृत्यु:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जराold age
जरा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजरा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
व्याधिdisease
व्याधि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्याधि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एवindeed/at all
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उपजायतेarises/comes into being
उपजायते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-√जन्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaV
Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Exclusive devotion to Vāsudeva is presented as a supreme refuge: it removes inauspiciousness and dissolves existential fear—especially fear tied to the cycle of birth, death, aging, and illness.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhīṣma continues his discourse on dharma and spiritual practice, praising devotion to Vāsudeva and describing its protective and liberating effects for the devotee.