Shloka 26

Devanagari script

विवेश विदुरो धीमान्‌ गात्रैर्गात्राणि चैव ह । प्राणान्‌ प्राणेषु च दधदिन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियेषु च

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | viveśa viduro dhīmān gātrair gātrāṇi caiva ha | prāṇān prāṇeṣu ca dadhad indriyāṇīndriyeṣu ca ||

Translation

毗耶娑波耶那说道：智者毗度罗进入了（由提湿提罗之中）。他以肢入肢、以息入息、以诸根入诸根，将自身的存在融入国王。此景将毗度罗的最后之举呈现为严谨的瑜伽收摄与无私的合一，昭示真正的智慧终归于内在的主宰，而非外在的权势。

Word by Word

• विवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (प्रवेशने)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), परिपूर्ण/भूतार्थे (perfect, past sense), प्रथम, एकवचन

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• धीमान्: wise
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गात्रैः: with (his) limbs/body-parts
• गात्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• गात्राणि: (another's) limbs/body-parts
• गात्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• प्राणान्: vital breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• प्राणेषु: in (his) vital breaths
• प्राणेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

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

• दधत्: placing/establishing
• दधत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धारणे/स्थापने)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इन्द्रियाणि: senses
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• इन्द्रियेषु: in (his) senses
• इन्द्रियेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vidura
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights yogic mastery at life’s end: the wise person withdraws and integrates body, breath, and senses with perfect control, suggesting that spiritual attainment and selflessness surpass worldly status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura, having reached the culmination of his life and practice, mystically enters Yudhiṣṭhira—symbolizing the transfer/absorption of his embodied energies (limbs, prāṇa, and senses) and marking Vidura’s departure (niryāṇa).