Shloka 39

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

समेन सर्वभूतेषु निःस्प्हेण निराशिषा | शक्‍्या गतिरियं गन्तुं सर्वत्र समदर्शिना

Transliteration

samena sarvabhūteṣu niḥspṛheṇa nirāśiṣā | śakyā gatir iyaṃ gantuṃ sarvatra samadarśinā ||

Translation

风神伐由说道：唯有智者方能证得此至上之境——他对一切众生怀平等心，离贪欲、无私利，并以同一而坚定的眼光观照诸境。

Word by Word

• समेन: with equanimity / by sameness
• समेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वभूतेषु: in all beings
• सर्वभूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• निःस्पृहेण: by one who is desireless / free from longing
• निःस्पृहेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःस्पृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• निराशिषा: by one without expectations / without hopes
• निराशिषा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराशिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शक्या: possible / can be
• शक्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √शक्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: goal, path, state
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गन्तुम्: to go, to attain
• गन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: Tumun (infinitive/absolutive of purpose), Parasmaipada (by usage)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• समदर्शिना: by one who sees equally (impartial seer)
• समदर्शिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समदर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest spiritual attainment is reachable only through equanimity toward all beings, freedom from craving, and the absence of expectation for outcomes—an ethical inner discipline that stabilizes wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener about the qualification required to reach the ‘supreme gati’ (highest state), framing it as a matter of character: impartiality, non-attachment, and equal vision in all situations.