Shloka 2

Adhyāya 34: Kṣetrajña-Lakṣaṇa and the Araṇi Metaphor

Mind–Intellect Allegory

Devanagari script

उपायं त॑ मम ब्रूहि येनैषा लभ्यते मतिः । तन्मन्ये कारण त्वत्तो यत एषा प्रवर्तते,अतः आप कोई ऐसा उपाय बताइये, जिससे मुझे भी यह बुद्धि प्राप्त हो। मेरा विश्वास है कि वह उपाय आपहीसे ज्ञात हो सकता है

Transliteration

upāyaṃ ta mama brūhi yenaiṣā labhyate matiḥ | tan manye kāraṇaṃ tvatto yata eṣā pravartate |

Translation

সেয়ে, যি উপায়ে এই বুদ্ধি মোৰো লাভ হয়, সেই উপায় কওক। যি কাৰণৰ পৰা এই অন্তৰ্দৃষ্টি উদ্ভৱ হয়, সেই কাৰণ আপোনাৰেই জানা—এই মোৰ বিশ্বাস; সুতৰাং দয়া কৰি সেই পদ্ধতি উপদেশ দিয়ক।

Word by Word

• {'upāyam': 'means, method, practical remedy', 'mama': 'to me, my', 'brūhi': 'tell (imperative), explain', 'yena': 'by which, through which', 'eṣā': 'this (feminine

• here referring to the insight/understanding)', 'labhyate': 'is obtained, is attained', 'matiḥ': 'understanding, intelligence, discernment', 'tat': 'that', 'manye': 'I think, I consider', 'kāraṇam': 'cause, reason', 'tvattaḥ': 'from you, by you', 'yataḥ': 'from which, whence', 'pravartate': 'arises, proceeds, becomes active'}

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)
• tvam (the addressed interlocutor, unnamed here)