Shloka 213

Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga

Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

तथा प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य नित्यतृप्ति: सुखोदया । जैसे सब प्रकारके रसोंसे तृप्त हुआ मनुष्य किसी भी रसका अभिनन्दन नहीं करता

Transliteration

tathā prajñāna-tṛptasya nitya-tṛptiḥ sukhodayā |

Translation

সেইদৰে প্ৰজ্ঞা (সত্যজ্ঞান)ৰে তৃপ্ত জনৰ ভিতৰত নিত্য তৃপ্তি জাগে—সেই তৃপ্তিয়েই সুখৰ উৎস হয়। যেনেকৈ সকলো স্বাদ আস্বাদন কৰি তৃপ্ত মানুহে কোনো এক বিশেষ স্বাদৰ পিছত নধৰে, তেনেকৈ জ্ঞানানন্দে পৰিপূৰ্ণ জ্ঞানীয়ে অন্যত্ৰ তৃপ্তি নাখোঁজে আৰু অক্ষয় মঙ্গলত স্থিত থাকে।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्य: of one satisfied with (spiritual) knowledge
• प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञानतृप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्य-तृप्तिः: constant contentment
• नित्य-तृप्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्यतृप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुख-उदया: bringing forth happiness; source of happiness
• सुख-उदया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखोदय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

चुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चुलाधार (Chūlādhāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True and lasting happiness arises from fulfillment in wisdom (prajñāna). When one is inwardly satisfied by knowledge, craving for external pleasures fades, and a steady, inexhaustible contentment remains.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Chūlādhāra is explaining an ethical-spiritual principle: the person established in wisdom becomes naturally content, like someone already satiated by all tastes, and therefore no longer seeks validation or pleasure from particular sense-objects.