সজ্জনেরা বলেন, এখানে সেই (ব্রহ্মজ্ঞানময়ী) শ্রী লাভের বহু প্রকার দ্বার আছে, যা ধারণ করা কঠিন; এবং যা মোহ জাগায় না, বরং মোহ থেকে জাগায়—সত্য, সরলতা, লজ্জা, দম, শৌচ ও বিদ্যা।
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{'dvārāṇi''doors, gateways
{'dvārāṇi':
means of access', 'tasya''of that (goal/attainment, i.e., the highest good or true prosperity)', 'iha': 'here, in this world/this life', 'vadanti': 'they say, they declare', 'santaḥ': 'the good, the wise, the virtuous', 'bahuprakārāṇi': 'of many kinds, manifold', 'durādharāṇi': 'hard to bear/maintain
means of access', 'tasya':
difficult to practice steadily', 'satya''truthfulness
difficult to practice steadily', 'satya':
commitment to truth in speech and conduct', 'ārjava (ārjave)''straightforwardness, sincerity, absence of crookedness', 'hrīḥ (hrīr)': 'modesty, moral shame
commitment to truth in speech and conduct', 'ārjava (ārjave)':
inner restraint from wrongdoing', 'damaḥ (damaś)''self-control
inner restraint from wrongdoing', 'damaḥ (damaś)':
restraint of senses and impulses', 'śauca''purity, cleanliness
restraint of senses and impulses', 'śauca':
inner and outer purity', 'vidyā''true knowledge
inner and outer purity', 'vidyā':
discriminative understanding aligned with dharma', 'yathā''such that
discriminative understanding aligned with dharma', 'yathā':
in a manner that', 'na''not', 'moha': 'delusion, confusion, moral blindness', 'pratibodhanāni': 'awakenings/arousals
in a manner that', 'na':
that which stirs up (hereof delusion)'}
that which stirs up (here:
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सनत्युजात उवाच
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Sanatsujāta
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santaḥ (the wise/virtuous)
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Sanatsujāta teaches that access to the highest good is gained through difficult but purifying virtues—truth, straightforwardness, modesty, self-restraint, purity, and knowledge—which dispel delusion rather than intensify it.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs (in a didactic dialogue) on dharma and spiritual welfare, listing the key virtues that serve as ‘gateways’ to true prosperity and awakening.
