Shloka 18

अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः

Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तं सर्वदेहेषु मत्येषु परमाश्रितम्‌ । योअनुपश्यति स प्रेत्य कल्पते ब्रह्म॒ुभूयसे

Transliteration

avyaktaṁ sarvadeheṣu martyeṣu paramāśritam | yo’nupaśyati sa pretya kalpate brahmabhūyase ||

Translation

毗耶娑说：至上者虽不显现，却作为最高依止，住于一切可坏的凡人之身中。若有人以由智慧所生之见，恒常观照彼者，死后便堪当证得梵之境界——超越诸限，契合至高真实。

Word by Word

• अव्यक्तम्: the unmanifest (principle)
• अव्यक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वदेहेषु: in all bodies
• सर्वदेहेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वदेह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• मर्त्येषु: among mortals / in mortal beings
• मर्त्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रितम्: resting in / dependent on
• आश्रितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अनुपश्यति: perceives / contemplates
• अनुपश्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√पश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

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

• प्रेत्य: after departing (after death)
• प्रेत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-इ (धातु) → प्रेत्य (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: true

• कल्पते: is fit / becomes capable
• कल्पते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• ब्रह्मभूयसे: for Brahman-state / for becoming Brahman
• ब्रह्मभूयसे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मभूयस्
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Brahman (Supreme Reality)
• Paramāśraya/Paramātman (implied Supreme indwelling support)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The Supreme Reality is present in all mortal bodies yet remains unmanifest; steady contemplative insight (anupaśyati) into this indwelling Brahman qualifies one for liberation—attaining Brahmanhood after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa teaches a metaphysical point: the seeker should perceive the unmanifest Supreme within all beings; such sustained inner vision leads toward mokṣa.