Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

अनमित्रश्न निर्बन्धुरनपत्यश्न यः क्वचित्‌ । त्यक्तधर्मार्थकामश्न निराकाड्क्षी च मुच्यते

Transliteration

anamitraśn nirbandhur anapatyaśn yaḥ kvacit | tyaktadharmārthakāmaśn nirākāṅkṣī ca mucyate ||

Translation

婆罗门说道：无论何种境遇，都不将任何人认作“我的朋友”“我的亲族”或“我的孩子”；舍弃由欲望驱使而求取的法、利与欲；并且远离一切渴求——如此之人便得解脱。

Word by Word

• अमित्रः: one without (any) friend / who regards none as friend
• अमित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्बन्धुः: one without relatives/kinsmen
• निर्बन्धुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्बन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनपत्यः: childless / without offspring
• अनपत्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनपत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्वचित्: anywhere / ever / in any case
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित्
• Form: true

• त्यक्त: having abandoned
• त्यक्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मार्थकामः: dharma, artha and kāma (the three aims)
• धर्मार्थकामः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मार्थकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निराकाङ्क्षी: free from desires/expectations
• निराकाङ्क्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराकाङ्क्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• मुच्यते: is released / becomes liberated
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Lat (present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive (contextual)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation arises from inner non-possessiveness—not clinging to identities like ‘my friend/relative/child’—and from renouncing desire-motivated engagement with dharma, artha, and kāma, culminating in freedom from all craving (nirākāṅkṣā).

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker delivers an instruction on the marks of a liberated person, emphasizing detachment from social bonds and from goal-oriented striving, presenting a soteriological teaching within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s broader post-war reflective discourse.