Shloka 32

त्रिवर्गविचारः

Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma

Devanagari script

यच्च पैतामहं स्थान ब्रह्म॒राशिसमुद्धवम्‌ । गुहायां पिहित॑ नित्यं तद्‌ दमेनाभिगम्यते,ब्रह्मराशिसे उत्पन्न हुआ जो पितामह ब्रह्माजीका उत्तम धाम है, वह हृदयगुहामें छिपा हुआ है। उसकी प्राप्ति सदा दम (इन्द्रियसंयम और मनोनिग्रह) से ही होती है

Transliteration

yac ca paitāmahaṃ sthānaṃ brahma-rāśi-samudbhavam | guhāyāṃ pihitaṃ nityaṃ tad damenābhigamyate ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “That supreme, ancestral abode—born of the Brahmic source—is ever concealed within the cave of the heart. It is reached only through dama: the disciplined restraint of the senses and the steady governance of the mind.”

Word by Word

• {'yat ca': 'and that which', 'paitāmaham': 'ancestral

• pertaining to the Pitāmaha (Brahmā), primeval', 'sthānam': 'abode

• state', 'brahma-rāśi': 'the Brahmic mass/aggregate

• the Brahmanic source (a concentrated ‘store’ of Brahman)', 'samudbhavam': 'arisen from

• originating in', 'guhāyām': 'in the cave (especially the heart-cave)', 'pihitam': 'hidden

• concealed', 'nityam': 'always

• eternally', 'tat': 'that (abode/state)', 'damena': 'by dama

• by self-restraint (sense-control and mental discipline)', 'abhigamyate': 'is attained

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• hṛdaya-guhā (cave of the heart)
• dama (self-restraint)