Shloka 7

Adhyāya 34: Kṣetrajña-Lakṣaṇa and the Araṇi Metaphor

Mind–Intellect Allegory

Devanagari script

इदं कार्यमिदं नेति न मोक्षेषूपदिश्यते । पश्यत: शृण्वतो बुद्धिरात्मनो येषु जायते,यह कर्तव्य है, यह कर्तव्य नहीं है--यह बात मोक्षके साधनोंमें नहीं कही जाती। जिन साधनोंमें देखने और सुननेवालेकी बुद्धि आत्माके स्वरूपमें निश्चित होती है, वही यथार्थ साधन है

Translation

“This is to be done, this is not to be done”—such talk is not taught as a means to liberation. Only those disciplines are true in which the understanding of the one who sees and hears arises and becomes established in the very nature of the Self.

Word by Word

इदम्this

कार्यम्what is to be done / duty

इदम्this

नnot

इतिthus (quotative)

नnot

मोक्षेषुin the means to liberation / in moksha(-teachings)

उपदिश्यतेis taught / is prescribed

पश्यतःof (one) seeing / while seeing

शृण्वतःof (one) hearing / while hearing

बुद्धिःintellect / understanding

आत्मनःof the Self

येषुin which

जायतेarises / is born

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes