Shloka 37

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

Devanagari script

आत्मानं बहुधा कृत्वा येयं भूयो युनक्ति माम्‌ । इदानीमेष बुद्धो5स्मि निर्ममो निरहंकृत:

Transliteration

ātmānaṃ bahudhā kṛtvā yeyam bhūyo yunakti mām | idānīmeṣa buddho 'smi nirmamo nirahaṅkṛtaḥ ||

Translation

婆悉吒说道：“纵然此迷妄与执著之力屡屡化作多种形相，又再三欲以结合之网缚我，如今我已彻然觉醒。因此，我远离占有之心，亦远离‘我’之念。”

Word by Word

• आत्मानम्: self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बहुधा: in many ways / repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• या: she who
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भूयः: again / further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः

• युनक्ति: yokes / joins / attaches
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Lat (Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• इदानीम्: now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम्

• एषः: this (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बुद्धः: awakened / aware
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Lat (Present), Parasmaipada, 1st, Singular

• निर्ममः: without possessiveness
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरहंकृतः: free from ego / without ‘I’-sense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरहंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when binding forces (desire, delusion, attachment) return in many disguises, liberation is maintained by wakeful discernment and the abandonment of ‘mine’ (mamatā) and ‘I’ (ahaṅkāra).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha describes an inner struggle: a recurring tendency that tries to reattach him to identification and bondage. He declares that he is now vigilant and therefore remains free from possessiveness and ego.