Shloka 4

Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists

Devanagari script

तानि सूक्ष्माणि सत्त्वानि विमुक्तानि शरीरत: । स्वेन सत्त्वेन सत्त्वज्ञा: पश्यन्ति नियतेन्द्रिया:,शरीरके तत्त्वको जाननेवाले जितेन्द्रिय योगीजन उन स्थूलशरीरोंसे निकले हुए सूक्ष्म लिंगशरीरोंसे युक्त जीवोंको अपने आत्माके द्वारा देखते हैं

Transliteration

tāni sūkṣmāṇi sattvāni vimuktāni śarīrataḥ | svena sattvena sattvajñāḥ paśyanti niyatendriyāḥ ||

Translation

দেহৰ পৰা বিমুক্ত হোৱা সেই সূক্ষ্ম সত্ত্বসমূহক, ইন্দ্ৰিয়সংযমী আৰু দেহতত্ত্বজ্ঞ মুনিসকলে নিজৰেই শুদ্ধ সত্ত্ব (চেতনা) দ্বাৰা দেখে॥

Word by Word

तानिthose

सूक्ष्माणिsubtle

सत्त्वानिbeings / living entities

विमुक्तानिreleased, freed

शरीरतःfrom the body

स्वेनby/with one’s own

सत्त्वेनby (their) being/essence

सत्त्वज्ञाःknowers of beings/essence

पश्यन्तिsee

नियत-इन्द्रियाःself-controlled (with restrained senses)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

sūkṣma-sattvāni (subtle beings/jīvas)

śarīra (body)

niyatendriyāḥ (self-controlled sages/yogins)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes