Shloka 4

गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्

Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows

Devanagari script

शरीरन्यासमोक्षेण मनसा निर्मलेन च । स्वप्नभूतांश्व ताललोकान्‌ पश्यन्तीहापि सुव्रता:

Transliteration

śarīra-nyāsa-mokṣeṇa manasā nirmalena ca | svapna-bhūtāṁś ca tāl lokān paśyantīhāpi suvratāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：由舍离此身而得的解脱，以及由清净之心，持戒修行者即便仍在此世，也能观见那些如梦显现的诸世界。

Word by Word

• शरीरन्यासमोक्षेण: by the liberation through renunciation of the body
• शरीरन्यासमोक्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर-न्यास-मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• निर्मलेन: pure/spotless
• निर्मलेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• स्वप्नभूतान्: dream-like (having become like a dream)
• स्वप्नभूतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप्नभूत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सुव्रताः: the well-vowed (disciplined ones)
• सुव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A yogin with a purified mind can perceive higher realms even while living; at the time of death, relinquishing bodily identification becomes a lucid release rather than a bewildering end.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha), instructing on dharma and spiritual discipline, explains the experiential insight of disciplined practitioners: through purity of mind and the act of laying aside the body, they behold subtle worlds that seem dream-like.