Shloka 3

Brahmopadeśa on Saṃnyāsa, Tapas, and Jñāna (ब्रह्मोपदेशः—संन्यासतपोज्ञानविमर्शः)

Devanagari script

निर्णिक्तमनस: पूता व्युत्क्रानन्‍तरजसो5मला:

Transliteration

nirṇiktamanasaḥ pūtā vyutkrāntāntarajaso 'malāḥ | nityaṃ saṃnyāsaparāyaṇā brahmavidāṃ varāḥ | te tapasyā śreyasaṃ panthānam āśritya parameśvaraṃ prāpnuvanti ||

Translation

أمّا الذين غُسلت عقولهم فصاروا طاهرين بلا دنس، وطرحوا غبار الشهوة والاضطراب من باطنهم، وصفَت قلوبهم—المواظبون على السَّنْياسا (الزهد والترك) والثابتون في معرفة البراهمن—فإنهم، باتخاذهم ملجأ الطريق المبارك عبر التَّبَس (الرياضة والزهد المنضبط)، يبلغون الربَّ الأعلى.

Word by Word

• निर्णिक्तमनसः: whose minds are cleansed/washed
• निर्णिक्तमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्णिक्त-मनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूताः: purified
• पूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्युत्क्रान्तरजसः: who have gone beyond/abandoned rajas (passion/dust)
• व्युत्क्रान्तरजसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्युत्क्रान्त-रजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अमलाः: stainless, spotless
• अमलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (speaker)
• Parameśvara (the Supreme Lord)
• Brahman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purification of mind and inner disposition—especially the abandonment of rajas (passionate restlessness)—combined with steady renunciation and Brahman-knowledge, supported by tapas (disciplined austerity), leads to the highest good: attainment of the Supreme Lord.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is describing the spiritual qualifications and practice of liberated seekers: those who are inwardly purified and devoted to renunciation, and who know Brahman, follow an auspicious path through tapas and thereby reach Parameśvara.