Shloka 3

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

आत्मवत्‌ सर्वभूतेषु यश्नरेन्नियत: शुचि: । अमानी निरभीमान: सर्वतो मुक्त एव सः

Transliteration

ātmavat sarvabhūteṣu yaśnarenniyataḥ śuciḥ | amānī nirabhīmānaḥ sarvato mukta eva saḥ ||

Translation

婆罗门说道：若有人持戒清净，以己度物，待一切众生如待自身；不求名誉，不怀我慢——此人于一切处皆已全然解脱。

Word by Word

• आत्मवत्: as oneself; like oneself
• आत्मवत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मवत्
• Form: indeclinable (adverbial usage)

• सर्वभूतेषु: in all beings
• सर्वभूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: neuter, locative, plural

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नरेत्: should behave/conduct (oneself)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृ
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• नियतः: self-restrained; disciplined
• नियतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शुचिः: pure; clean
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अमानी: not seeking honor; without desire for respect
• अमानी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमानिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• निरभीमानः: free from pride; without arrogance
• निरभीमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरभिमान
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सर्वतः: in every way; wholly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः
• Form: indeclinable

• मुक्तः: liberated; freed
• मुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एव: indeed; certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is characterized by ethical universality and inner humility: disciplined purity, empathy toward all beings (treating them as oneself), and freedom from the craving for honor and from pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa is instructing the listener on the marks of a truly free person, defining liberation not as status or ritual display but as a stable inner condition expressed through compassionate conduct and absence of ego.