Shloka 5
अस्मिन् हि लोकसम्भारे परं पारमभीप्सत: । उत्पन्ना मे मतिरियं कुतो धर्ममय: प्लव:
asmin hi lokasambhāre paraṃ pāram abhīpsataḥ | utpannā me matir iyaṃ kuto dharmamayaḥ plavaḥ ||
قال البراهمي: «في هذا الاضطراب الصاخب لوجود الدنيا، أشتاق إلى بلوغ الشاطئ الأبعد. لذلك نشأ في قلبي هذا السؤال: من أين أحصل على سفينةٍ من الدارما تحملني فأعبر؟»
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly life is portrayed as a difficult passage; liberation is the “far shore.” The verse frames dharma—not merely ritual, but ethical truth and right conduct—as the reliable ‘boat’ or means to cross saṃsāra, and it emphasizes sincere inquiry into the proper means.
A brāhmaṇa speaker, reflecting on the burdens and turbulence of worldly existence, expresses a desire to transcend it and asks where the dharma-constituted means of crossing (a ‘raft/boat’) can be found—setting up instruction on dharma as a path toward peace and release.