Shloka 23

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

प्राप्तैश्न नियमैस्तैस्तैविचरन्त: पृथक्‌ पृथक्‌

Transliteration

prāptaiś ca niyamais tais tais te vicarantaḥ pṛthak pṛthak | adṛśyāḥ puruṣaśreṣṭha loke svīkṛtaniyamānusāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: لما اتخذوا ضروبًا شتى من الرياضات والعهود، أخذوا يسيرون متفرقين، كلٌّ على سنن ما قبله من قواعد السلوك. وكانوا يطوفون في العالم خفيّين عن أعين الناس؛ فغدت تلك الحضور العجيبة (كأنها كائن من أهل الغابة) مشهورة في هذا الكون.

Word by Word

• प्राप्तैः: by obtained/accepted
• प्राप्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (√आप् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नियमैः: by rules/observances
• नियमैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तैः: by those (respective)
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विचरन्तः: moving about/wandering
• विचरन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विचर् (विचरन्त्)
• Form: Present (participle), Parasmaipada (active), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पृथक्: separately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• पृथक्: each separately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• puruṣaśreṣṭha (addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights niyama (self-discipline) and fidelity to one’s accepted rule of conduct: ethical strength is shown not by display but by steady practice, even when one remains unseen by society.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes certain beings/figures who, having taken up different observances, move about separately and remain invisible to people; their unusual mode of wandering becomes widely known in the world.