Shloka 72

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

मनीषिणो हि ये केचिद्‌ यतयो मोक्षधर्मिण: । तेषां विच्छिन्नतृष्णानां योगक्षेमवहो हरि:

Transliteration

manīṣiṇo hi ye kecid yatayo mokṣa-dharmiṇaḥ | teṣāṃ vicchinna-tṛṣṇānāṃ yoga-kṣema-vaho hariḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：凡奉行解脱之法的智者苦行者，若其渴爱已被彻底斩断，则由诃利（那罗延）亲自承担其“瑜伽与安稳”（yoga-kṣema）之责：赐予所需，并护持所得。

Word by Word

• मनीषिणः: wise men, sages
• मनीषिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some (certain ones)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क + चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यतयः: ascetics, strivers
• यतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मोक्षधर्मिणः: following the dharma of liberation
• मोक्षधर्मिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्षधर्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• विच्छिन्नतृष्णानाम्: whose craving is cut off (desireless)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विच्छिन्नतृष्ण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• योगक्षेमवहः: bearing/procuring their welfare and security
• योगक्षेमवहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगक्षेमवह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Hari (Nārāyaṇa/Viṣṇu)
• yatayaḥ (ascetics)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a seeker’s craving is cut off and life is dedicated to mokṣa-dharma, the Lord Himself assumes the ‘yoga-kṣema’—providing what is truly needed and safeguarding the seeker’s spiritual and worldly minimums. The ethical emphasis is on inner detachment as the condition for fearless reliance on divine support.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, in the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation-oriented conduct, describes the state of accomplished renunciants. He states that for such desireless ascetics, Hari (Nārāyaṇa) personally carries their welfare, underscoring divine guardianship within the teaching on mokṣa-dharma.