Shloka 29

त्रिवर्गविचारः

Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma

Devanagari script

गृहानुत्सृज्य यो राजन्‌ मोक्षमेवाभिपद्यते । लोकास्तेजोमयास्तस्य कल्पन्ते शाश्वती: समा:

Transliteration

gṛhān utsṛjya yo rājan mokṣam evābhipadyate | lokās tejo-mayās tasya kalpante śāśvatīḥ samāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说：“大王啊，凡舍弃家居之业而唯依解脱之道者，必得光明神圣之界——由灵性辉耀所成的诸世界——绵延无量岁月。”

Word by Word

• गृहान्: houses, home
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned, leaving behind
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सृज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), prior action (having abandoned)

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

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अभिपद्यते: attains, resorts to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + पद्
• Form: Lat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Active (Atmanepada usage)

• लोकाः: worlds, realms
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेजोमयाः: made of radiance, luminous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजोमय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him, for him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कल्पन्ते: are allotted, become (available)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप्
• Form: Lat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Plural, Active (Atmanepada usage)

• शाश्वतीः: eternal, everlasting
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājan (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
• gṛha (household life)
• mokṣa
• tejomaya lokāḥ (radiant divine realms)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renouncing attachment to household life and committing oneself wholly to mokṣa is praised as a superior spiritual choice, leading to exalted, luminous realms and long-lasting spiritual fruition.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he highlights the merit and spiritual consequence of choosing the path of liberation through renunciation.