Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

तेषु नित्यमसक्तश्न त्यक्तसर्वेन्द्रियक्रिय: । सुपरित्यक्तसंकल्प: सुनिर्णिक्तात्मकल्मष:

Transliteration

teṣu nityam asaktaḥ syan tyakta-sarvendriya-kriyaḥ | suparityakta-saṅkalpaḥ sunirṇiktātma-kalmaṣaḥ ||

Translation

玉提湿陀罗说道：“即便从事那些本分之事，我也将恒常不著。收摄一切根门之用，使心不再被强迫的决意所驱使，并洗净内在自我的一切垢染。”

Word by Word

• तेषु: in/among those (acts)
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• असक्तः: unattached
• असक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• त्यक्त: having abandoned
• त्यक्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वेन्द्रियक्रियः: the activity of all the senses
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वेन्द्रियक्रिया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुपरित्यक्तसंकल्पः: one whose volitions are well-renounced
• सुपरित्यक्तसंकल्पः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपरित्यक्तसंकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुनिर्णिक्तात्मकल्मषः: one whose inner impurity is thoroughly washed away
• सुनिर्णिक्तात्मकल्मषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनिर्णिक्तात्मकल्मष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should perform necessary duties without attachment, restrain the senses, relinquish desire-driven mental constructions (saṅkalpa), and purify the inner self—linking ethical action with inner renunciation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates his resolve for a disciplined life: even amid action, he aims for non-attachment, sensory withdrawal, and inner cleansing as the basis for righteous living.