Shloka 15

अरण्यवृत्ति-वैराग्योपदेशः | Forest Discipline and the Program of Non-Attachment

Devanagari script

आत्माराम: प्रसन्नात्मा जडान्धबधिराकृति: । अकुर्वाण: परै: काज्चित्‌ संविदं जातु कैरपि

Transliteration

ātmārāmaḥ prasannātmā jaḍāndhabadhirākṛtiḥ | akurvāṇaḥ paraiḥ kāñcit saṃvidaṃ jātu kair api ||

Translation

由提施提罗说道：“我将唯以自性（真我）为乐，使内心恒常澄明安宁。装作愚钝、盲目、聋哑之态，我决不与任何人交谈；不与人言，不视人形，不听人声——唯在自我观照之中得其满足。”

Word by Word

• आत्मारामः: one who delights in the Self
• आत्मारामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्माराम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसन्नात्मा: having a serene mind
• प्रसन्नात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्नात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जडान्धबधिराकृतिः: one whose appearance is like that of the dull, blind and deaf
• जडान्धबधिराकृतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जडान्धबधिराकृति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अकुर्वाणः: not doing / not making
• अकुर्वाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle), Parasmaipada (active)

• परैः: with others / by others
• परैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• काञ्चित्: any (some) (f.)
• काञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• संविदम्: conversation / communication / agreement
• संविदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जातु: ever / at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु

• केनापि: with anyone / by anyone
• केनापि: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular, अपि

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Ātman (Self)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches radical inwardness: cultivating serenity and self-sufficiency by withdrawing from social exchange and sensory engagement, as a discipline of detachment and self-contemplation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira expresses an intention to renounce ordinary interaction—speaking, seeing, and hearing—adopting an outwardly unresponsive demeanor, and to seek peace through absorption in the Self.