Shloka 19

इन्द्रेण वृत्रवधः, ब्रह्महत्याया अनुगमनम्, तथा च विभाजन-निवासविधानम्

Indra’s defeat of Vṛtra; pursuit by Brahmahatyā; allocation of her abodes

Devanagari script

एष मार्गों हि मोक्षस्य प्रसन्नो विमल: शुचि: । तथा वाक्कायमनसां नियम: कामतो<न्यथा

Transliteration

eṣa mārgo hi mokṣasya prasanno vimalaḥ śuciḥ | tathā vākkāyamanasāṃ niyamaḥ kāmato 'nyathā |

Translation

毗湿摩说：“此即解脱之明道——安然、无瑕、清净：以戒律摄持语、身、意，不为欲望或其相反的冲动所驱。离迷妄与执著；舍欲与嗔；无卑屈、无傲慢、无躁扰；心住坚固；并以无欲之心调御心、语与诸根——此乃通往摩诃（解脱）的洁净、无垢而神圣之路。”

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मार्गः: path
• मार्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मोक्षस्य: of liberation
• मोक्षस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसन्नः: clear/serene
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विमलः: stainless/pure
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure/clean
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वाक्: of speech
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• काय: of body
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मनसाम्: of minds/mental (of mind)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• नियमः: restraint/discipline
• नियमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामतः: at will/according to desire
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कामतस्

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Moksha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is approached through purity and serenity grounded in disciplined restraint of speech, body, and mind—free from desire-driven impulses—together with non-attachment, abandonment of lust and anger, freedom from agitation and arrogance, and steadiness of mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva instruction section, Bhishma is advising Yudhishthira on dharma and the means to spiritual freedom, summarizing the ethical-psychological disciplines that constitute the ‘pure path’ to moksha.