Shloka 40

Devanagari script

स चेन्निवृत्तबन्धस्तु विशुद्धश्नापि कर्मभि: । प्राप्नोति सुकृताललोकान्‌ यत्र गत्वा न शोचति,इस प्रकार बन्धनरहित तथा शुद्ध हुआ मनुष्य अपने पुण्य कर्मोके प्रभावसे पुण्यलोक प्राप्त करता है, जहाँ जाकर कोई भी शोक नहीं करता है

Transliteration

sa cennivṛttabandhastu viśuddhaḥ snāpi karmabhiḥ | prāpnoti sukṛtāl lokān yatra gatvā na śocati ||

Translation

猎人说道：若有人真正从世间系缚中退离，内心澄净，则即使仍在行事，也能凭功德到达善业所致之诸天福界。既至彼等吉祥世界，便不复忧悲。

Word by Word

सःhe

चेत्if

निवृत्तबन्धःfreed from bondage (whose bonds have ceased)

तुbut/indeed

विशुद्धःpurified, pure

अपिalso/even

कर्मभिःby (good) deeds

प्राप्नोतिattains

सुकृताल्लोकान्worlds gained by merit (meritorious worlds)

यत्रwhere

गत्वाhaving gone

नnot

शोचतिgrieves

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter; speaker)

sukṛtalokāḥ (meritorious/auspicious worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Freedom from attachment (nivṛtta-bandha) and inner purity (viśuddha) are decisive; when actions are performed without binding attachment, they lead to meritorious states and a sorrowless condition rather than further bondage.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s instruction on dharma, he explains to his listener that one need not abandon action itself; a person who has cut inner bonds and become purified can still act and yet attain auspicious realms where grief does not arise.