Shloka 58

Devanagari script

न होतच्छोतुमहों5न्यो मनुष्यस्त्वामृतेडनघ । नैतदद्य सुविज्ञेयं व्यामिश्रेणान्तरात्मना,अनघ! तुम्हारे सिवा दूसरा कोई मनुष्य इसे सुननेका अधिकारी भी नहीं है। जिसका चित्त दुविधेमें पड़ा हुआ है, वह इस समय इसे अच्छी तरह नहीं समझ सकता

Transliteration

na hotacchrotum aho 'nyo manuṣyas tvām ṛte 'nagha | naitad adya suvijñeyaṃ vyāmiśreṇāntarātmanā ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “Ah, no other human being but you, O blameless one, is entitled even to hear this. And one whose inner self is mixed with doubt and inner conflict cannot, at this time, understand it clearly.”

Word by Word

नnot

होतत्the sacrificer/priest (hotṛ)

श्रोतुम्to hear

अहोindeed/alas (exclamation/emphasis)

अन्यःanother

मनुष्यःman/human

त्वाम्you

ऋतेexcept/without

अनघO sinless one

नnot

एतत्this

अद्यtoday/now

सुविज्ञेयम्well knowable/clearly understandable

व्यामिश्रेणby/with a confused/mixed

अन्तरात्मनाby/with an inner self (mind/heart)

अनघO sinless one

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

anagha (addressed person: ‘O blameless one’)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses adhikāra (fitness) for receiving instruction: profound teaching should be heard only by a qualified listener, and genuine understanding requires an undivided, steady inner mind rather than a conflicted or doubting one.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses a ‘blameless’ person and restricts the teaching’s audience, stating that others are not entitled even to hear it, and that a mind troubled by inner confusion cannot grasp it properly at that moment.