Shloka 7

Devanagari script

जैगीषव्य उवाच या गतिर्या परा काष्ठा या शान्ति: पुण्यकर्मणाम्‌ | तां ते5हं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि महतीमृषिसत्तम,जैगीषव्य बोले--मुनिश्रेष्ठ! पुण्यकर्म करनेवाले महापुरुषोंको जिसका आश्वय लेनेसे उत्तम गति, उत्कर्षकी चरम सीमा और परम शान्ति प्राप्त होती है, उस श्रेष्ठ बुद्धिका मैं तुमसे वर्णन करता हूँ

Transliteration

jaigiṣavya uvāca | yā gatir yā parā kāṣṭhā yā śāntiḥ puṇyakarmaṇām | tāṃ te 'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi mahatīm ṛṣisattama ||

Translation

জৈগীষব্য বললেন—হে ঋষিশ্রেষ্ঠ! পুণ্যকর্মশীলদের যে আশ্রয়ে উত্তম গতি, সাধনার চরম শিখর এবং পরম শান্তি লাভ হয়, সেই মহান প্রজ্ঞা আমি তোমাকে বর্ণনা করছি।

Word by Word

• {'jaigiṣavya uvāca': 'Jaigiṣavya said', 'yā gatiḥ': 'that course/way

• the destined spiritual path or attainment', 'parā kāṣṭhā': 'the highest limit

• the ultimate summit (of realization/attainment)', 'śāntiḥ': 'peace

• cessation of agitation', 'puṇya-karmaṇām': 'of those whose actions are meritorious/virtuous', 'tām': 'that (teaching/wisdom/goal)', 'te': 'to you', 'aham': 'I', 'sampravakṣyāmi': 'I will fully explain

• I will expound in detail', 'mahatīm': 'great

• exalted', 'ṛṣi-sattama': 'best of sages'}

Speaker

जैगीषव्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jaigiṣavya
• Ṛṣisattama (addressed sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse introduces an instruction on the supreme goal—highest spiritual attainment and inner peace—presented as the fruit of meritorious living and as something gained by taking refuge in an exalted teaching or wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jaigiṣavya begins a formal exposition, addressing a revered sage as ‘best of sages,’ and announces that he will explain the great doctrine that leads virtuous practitioners to the highest state and ultimate peace.