Shloka 133

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

प्रिय अथवा अप्रियमें, दुर्बल अथवा बलवानमें जिसकी समदृष्टि नहीं है, उसमें मुक्तका क्या लक्षण है? ।।

Transliteration

tad-ayuktasya te mokṣe yo 'bhimāno bhaven nṛpa | suhṛd-dhiḥ saṃnivāryas te viraktasyeva bheṣajam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：大王啊，若你并未真正以瑜伽自律，却生起“我已得解脱”的傲慢，那么这念头应当被你的善友所制止——正如对不肯遵守医嘱的病人，便停给其药。因为若不能对可喜与可憎、对弱者与强者保持平等之心，又怎会有自由解脱的标志？

Word by Word

• तत्: in that (state/person)
• तत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अयुक्तस्य: of one who is not yoked/undisciplined (not in yoga)
• अयुक्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मोक्षे: in liberation
• मोक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• अभिमानः: conceit, self-opinion
• अभिमानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: might be/should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुहृद्भिः: by friends/well-wishers
• सुहृद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संनिवार्यः: to be restrained/checked
• संनिवार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिवार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• विरक्तस्य: of one averse/indifferent (to regimen)
• विरक्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भेषजम्: medicine
• भेषजम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (nṛpa; addressed interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is not a claim but a lived state marked by equanimity; prideful identification with 'I am liberated' in the absence of yogic discipline is a delusion that should be corrected by wise friends.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner freedom, Bhishma admonishes the king that mere self-assertion of jīvanmukti without the actual qualities of yoga—especially even-mindedness toward opposites—must be restrained, illustrated by the analogy of withholding medicine from an undisciplined patient.