Sutra 18
Devanagari script
शुश्रूषा श्रवणग्रहणधारणविज्ञानोहापोहतत्त्वाभिनिविष्टबुद्धिं विद्या विनयति नेतरम् ॥ कZ_०१.५.०५ ॥
Transliteration
śuśrūṣā śravaṇa-grahaṇa-dhāraṇa-vijñāna-uhāpoha-tattvābhiniviṣṭa-buddhiṃ vidyā vinayati netaram
Translation
إنَّ المعرفة لا تُهذِّب إلا العقلَ المتَّسمَ بالإنصات الخدميّ اليقِظ (śuśrūṣā)، والسماع، والتلقّي، والحفظ، والفهم، والاستدلال (الاستنتاج والإقصاء)، والالتزام الراسخ بالحقيقة؛ لا غيره.
Word by Word
शुश्रूषाattentive service; eagerness to listen/learn
शुश्रूषा:
TypeNoun
Rootश्रु (सेवायाम्/श्रवणे)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; भाववाचक-संज्ञा (सेवा/श्रवण-इच्छा)
श्रवणग्रहणधारणविज्ञानोहापोहतत्त्वाभिनिविष्टबुद्धिम्an intellect firmly grounded in listening, grasping, retaining, understanding, reasoning, elimination of alternatives, truth, and settled conviction
श्रवणग्रहणधारणविज्ञानोहापोहतत्त्वाभिनिविष्टबुद्धिम्:
TypeNoun
Root(समास; मुख्यपद: बुद्धि)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘बुद्धि’ इति प्रधानपदं, तद्विशेषणं बहुव्रीहिः—यस्याः बुद्धिः श्रवण-ग्रहण-धारण-विज्ञान-ऊह-अपोह-तत्त्व-अभिनिवेशयुक्ता सा (तादृशीं बुद्धिम्)
विद्याlearning; (here) disciplined instruction/knowledge
विद्या:
TypeNoun
Rootविद् (ज्ञाने)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तृपद
विनयतिtrains; disciplines; leads to proper conduct
विनयति:
TypeVerb
Rootनी (नये) उपसर्ग: वि; causative sense in usage
Formलट् लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; सकर्मक—‘विनयति’ = विनयं नयति/प्रापयति (शिक्षयति, शासयति)
नnot
न:
TypeParticle
Rootन (निषेध)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
इतरम्the other (i.e., one lacking that intellect); anything else
इतरम्:
TypePronoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootइतर
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘अन्यं (बुद्धिम्/जनम्)’ इत्यर्थे
Entities Mentioned
V
vidyā (knowledge)V
vinaya (discipline)C
cognitive skills (hearing, retention, reasoning)FAQs
Training works only for teachable candidates with attention, memory, comprehension, and analytical reasoning; recruitment should screen for these cognitive and ethical dispositions.
It points to decision-making by structured reasoning—testing hypotheses, excluding implausible options, and converging on what fits evidence and principles.