Shloka 21

मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā

Devanagari script

अविशेषाणि भूतानि गुणांश्व जहतो मुने: । सुखेनापोहाते दुःखं भास्करेण तमो यथा

Transliteration

aviśeṣāṇi bhūtāni guṇāṁś ca jahato muneḥ | sukhena apohate duḥkhaṁ bhāskareṇa tamo yathā ||

Translation

毗耶娑说：“对于已舍离诸‘德性’（guṇa）的圣者，一切众生皆无差别而现。于彼，苦恼自然而除——如同太阳驱散黑暗。”

Word by Word

• अविशेषाणि: undifferentiated, without distinctions
• अविशेषाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविशेष (विशेष + अ-)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• भूतानि: beings, elements, created entities
• भूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• गुणान्: qualities (guṇas)
• गुणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• जहतः: abandons, gives up
• Type: Verb
• Root: हā (जहाति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• मुनेः: of the sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुखेन: with ease; by happiness/comfort
• सुखेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अपोह्यते: is removed, is dispelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-ऊह् (अपोहति/अपोह्यते)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive

• दुःखम्: sorrow, suffering
• दुःखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भास्करेण: by the sun
• भास्करेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• muni (sage)
• bhāskara (the sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a sage relinquishes identification with the guṇas (sattva, rajas, tamas), he perceives beings without partiality or hierarchy, and sorrow falls away naturally—like darkness vanishing in sunlight.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic flow of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a principle of liberation: the muni who has abandoned the guṇas attains an undifferentiated, equal vision of beings, and thereby suffering is effortlessly dispelled.