Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त:स तदा कृष्ण मया शिष्यो महातपा: । अगच्छत यथाकामं ब्राह्मण: संशितव्रत:

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sa tadā kṛṣṇa mayā śiṣyo mahātapāḥ | agacchat yathākāmaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ ||

Translation

婆罗门说道：“噢，克里希纳，当我如此说罢，我的弟子——大苦行者、誓行坚固而自律严谨的婆罗门——便于其时随心而去，前往他所择定的归处。”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• शिष्यः: disciple
• शिष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: of great austerity
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अगच्छत्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथाकामम्: as he wished / at will
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथाकाम

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संशितव्रतः: of firm/strict vows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशितव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Brāhmaṇa (speaker)
• Disciple (Brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined conduct (saṃśitavrata) and the autonomy of a spiritually accomplished person: after receiving instruction, the ascetic disciple proceeds without attachment, acting in accordance with his resolved purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker (a Brāhmaṇa) tells Kṛṣṇa that, after he spoke to his disciple, the great ascetic Brāhmaṇa departed at once, going freely to the place he intended.