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Shloka 105

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

प्रार्थयन्तश्न तं विप्रा वदन्ति गुणबुद्धय: । सम्यग्युक्तास्तथा योगा: सांख्याश्चञामितदर्शना:

prārthayantaś ca taṃ viprā vadanti guṇabuddhayaḥ | samyagyuktās tathā yogāḥ sāṅkhyāś ca jñāmitadarśanāḥ ||

إنّ حكماء البراهمة، وهم يلتمسونه، يصفونه بأنه ذو فهمٍ مؤسَّس على الفضيلة. ويعلنون كذلك أن رياضات اليوغا (Yoga) إذا أُقيمت على وجهها الصحيح، وأن السانكْهيا (Sāṅkhya) التي رؤيتها هي المعرفة الحقّة، تقودان إلى ذلك التمييز السديد بعينه.

प्रार्थयन्तःrequesting, entreating
प्रार्थयन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्रार्थय् (धातु) / प्रार्थयत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
विप्राःbrahmins, sages
विप्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
Formपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
वदन्तिsay, speak
वदन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, बहुवचन
गुणबुद्धयःthose whose understanding is of qualities/virtues
गुणबुद्धयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुणबुद्धि
Formस्त्री, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सम्यक्properly, rightly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
युक्ताःyoked, disciplined, well-composed
युक्ताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (धातु) / युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
योगाःyogins / practitioners of yoga (or: yogas)
योगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोग
Formपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सांख्याःfollowers of Sāṅkhya
सांख्याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसांख्य
Formपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अनिमितदर्शनाःwhose vision is not based on (external) marks; of unconditioned insight
अनिमितदर्शनाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनिमितदर्शन
Formपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
viprāḥ (brahmin sages)
Y
Yoga
S
Sāṅkhya

Educational Q&A

Right understanding is praised as grounded in virtue and discernment, and both properly practiced Yoga and the knowledge-oriented Sāṅkhya are affirmed as valid, converging disciplines that cultivate true insight.

Bhīṣma continues his instruction in the Śānti Parva, describing how learned brahmins speak about the sought-after ideal (a person or principle previously under discussion) and how established paths—Yoga and Sāṅkhya—are recognized as means to correct vision and knowledge.