Shloka 4

Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)

Devanagari script

लोक वृत्तान्ततत्त्वज्ञ: पूतो5हं गुरुशासनात्‌ । कृत्वा बुद्धि विमुक्तात्मा द्रक्ष्याम्पात्मानमव्ययम्‌

Transliteration

loka-vṛttānta-tattvajñaḥ pūto 'haṃ guru-śāsanāt | kṛtvā buddhiṃ vimuktātmā drakṣyāmy ātmānam avyayam ||

Translation

Durch die Unterweisung meines Lehrers bin ich geläutert worden und habe auch die wahren Grundsätze hinter weltlicher Sitte und Ordnung erkannt. Darum werde ich meinen Geist durch die Zucht des Dharma veredeln, die Identifikation mit dem groben Leib abstreifen und mein eigenes unvergängliches Selbst schauen.

Word by Word

• लोकवृत्तान्ततत्त्वज्ञः: knower of the true nature of worldly affairs
• लोकवृत्तान्ततत्त्वज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक-वृत्तान्त-तत्त्व-ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूतः: purified
• पूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पू (धातु) → पूत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुशासनात्: from the teacher's instruction/command
• गुरुशासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु-शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done / after doing
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: Gerund (ktvā)

• बुद्धिविमुक्तात्मा: one whose self is freed (through/with) intellect
• बुद्धिविमुक्तात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धि-विमुक्त-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रक्ष्यामि: I shall see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आत्मानम्: the Self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अव्ययम्: imperishable
• अव्ययम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śuka
• guru (teacher)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True purification arises from the guru’s instruction and is completed by dharmic discipline that refines the intellect; with detachment from bodily identification, one realizes the imperishable Self.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śuka declares the result of his teacher’s guidance: he has gained insight into worldly norms and their underlying principles, and now resolves to cultivate purified understanding and, freed from attachment to the gross body, directly realize the eternal Self.