Shloka 97
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
Devanagari script
विमुक्त: पुण्यपापे भ्य: प्रविष्टस्तमनामयम् | परमात्मानमगुणं न निवर्तति भारत
Transliteration
vimuktaḥ puṇya-pāpebhyaḥ praviṣṭas tam anāmayam | paramātmānam aguṇaṃ na nivartati bhārata bhārata ||
Translation
毗湿摩言：既离福德与罪业，三昧于数论瑜伽者，得解脱后，入于清净无垢、无病无忧之境——无相无德（nirguṇa）之最高我。噫，婆罗多啊，一旦融入此至上真实，便不复还于世间生死轮回。
Word by Word
विमुक्तःliberated, freed
विमुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविमुक्त (वि+मुच्, क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुण्यपापेभ्यःfrom merit and sin
पुण्यपापेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्यपाप (पुण्य+पाप)
FormNeuter, Ablative, Plural
प्रविष्टःhaving entered
प्रविष्टः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रविष्ट (प्र+विश्, क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तम्him/that (Supreme)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अनामयम्free from disease/affliction
अनामयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनामय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
परमात्मानम्the Supreme Self
परमात्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरमात्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अगुणम्without qualities (nirguṇa)
अगुणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअगुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
निवर्ततिreturns (back)
निवर्तति:
TypeVerb
Rootनि+वृत्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
भारतO Bhārata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भारतO Bhārata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaB
Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)P
Paramātman (Supreme Self/Nārāyaṇa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as transcending both puṇya and pāpa (all karmic accounting) and entering the attributeless Supreme Self; one who attains this state does not return to saṃsāra.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, he explains the final outcome of the Sāṅkhya-yogin’s path: release from karmic dualities and irreversible union with the Supreme Reality.