Shloka 134
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
Devanagari script
तानि तानि तु संचिन्त्य सड्रस्थानान्यरिंदम । आत्मना55त्मनि सम्पश्येत् किमन्यन्मुक्तलक्षणम्
Transliteration
tāni tāni tu sañcintya ṣaḍr̥sthānāny ariṃdama | ātmanā ātmani sampaśyet kim anyan mukta-lakṣaṇam ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：噬敌者啊，反复省思那些种种境物，当知它们不过是执著的立足处；继而以自身内明，观自我于自我之中。除此之外，解脱还有什么别的标志呢？
Word by Word
तानिthose (things)
तानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
तानिthose (very same things)
तानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
संचिन्त्यhaving reflected upon
संचिन्त्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-चिन्त्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
सड्रस्थानानिthe six stations/abodes (i.e., loci)
सड्रस्थानानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसड्रस्थान (षड्-स्थान)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
अरिंदमO subduer of foes
अरिंदम:
TypeNoun
Rootअरिंदम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
आत्मनाby the self
आत्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
आत्मनिin the self
आत्मनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सम्पश्येत्should see/should perceive
सम्पश्येत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-पश्
FormVidhi-lin (optative), Non-past (modal), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अन्यत्other (than this)
अन्यत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मुक्तलक्षणम्the mark/characteristic of the liberated (one)
मुक्तलक्षणम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्त-लक्षण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaY
Yudhishthira (implied by ariṃdama)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 marked by clear inner vision: recognizing external objects as occasions for attachment and turning awareness inward to directly perceive the Self in oneself.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues his discourse on renunciation and liberation, defining the practical sign of a liberated person as inward Self-perception grounded in detachment.