Shloka 10

Brahmopadeśa on Saṃnyāsa, Tapas, and Jñāna (ब्रह्मोपदेशः—संन्यासतपोज्ञानविमर्शः)

Devanagari script

निर्द्धदद्ों निर्ममस्कारो नि:ःस्वधाकार एव च । निर्गुणं नित्यमद्धन्द्ध प्रशमेनेव गच्छति

Transliteration

nirdvandvo nirmamaskāro niḥsvadhākāra eva ca | nirguṇaṁ nityam advandvaṁ praśameneva gacchati ||

Translation

风神说道：那位出离者，超越一切对待之双相，不求亦不倚赖礼敬与世俗尊卑之承认，并已舍弃祭祖供奉等仪轨义务——唯以深沉的内在寂静之力——便能证得常住之实相，超越诸相（guṇa）而离一切二元。其伦理旨趣在于：解脱不系于外在的虔敬标记或身份地位，而根植于平等心与息止其意。

Word by Word

• निर्द्वन्द्वः: free from pairs of opposites
• निर्द्वन्द्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्द्वन्द्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्ममकारः: without possessiveness (‘mine’-sense)
• निर्ममकारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्ममकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निःस्वधाकारः: one who does not perform svadhā-calls (pitṛ-rites)
• निःस्वधाकारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःस्वधाकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• निर्गुणम्: the attributeless (state/Reality)
• निर्गुणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्गुण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यम्: the eternal (principle/state)
• नित्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अद्वन्द्वम्: non-dual / beyond opposites
• अद्वन्द्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्वन्द्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशमेन: by tranquility/cessation (of passions)
• प्रशमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• गच्छति: goes/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• saṁnyāsī (renunciant)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A true renunciant transcends social validation and ritual identity; through praśama (inner tranquillity) and freedom from dualities, one realizes the eternal, nirguṇa Reality beyond the guṇas.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is instructing about the marks and fruit of genuine saṁnyāsa: abandoning dependence on honor and certain ritual obligations, the renunciant attains the non-dual, eternal principle through profound calm.