Shloka 60

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

Devanagari script

जिसमें एक ही खंभा और नौ दरवाजे हैं, उस शरीर-रूपी घरको आजसे मैं दूसरोंके लिये बंद कर दूँगी। यहाँ आनेवाले उस सच्चे प्रियतमको जानकर भी कौन नारी किसी हाड़-मांसके पुतलेको अपना प्राणवल्लभ मानेगी? ।।

Transliteration

ekastambhaṃ nava-dvāraṃ yad etad deha-gṛhaṃ, tad adya-prabhṛti parārthaṃ na pravakṣyāmi (na praveśayiṣyāmi) iti. iha āgatam api taṃ satya-priyatamaṃ jñātvā kaḥ strī hāḍa-māṃsa-puñjaṃ prāṇa-vallabhaṃ manyeta? akāmāṃ kāma-rūpeṇa dhūrtā nara-ka-rūpiṇaḥ; na punar vañcayiṣyanti—pratibuddhāsmī, jāgṛmi. moha-nidrāto jāgaritāsmi, nityaṃ ca jāgarūkā; kāmān api tyaktavatī. ataḥ te nara-rūpā dhūrtāḥ kāma-rūpaṃ dhṛtvā punar māṃ na vañcayiṣyanti.

Translation

The Brahmin woman declares: “This body, a house with a single pillar and nine gates, I shall from today shut to others. Even knowing that the true beloved comes here, what woman would still take a mere doll of bone and flesh as the dearest of her life? I am desireless; those deceivers who appear in human form, taking on the guise of desire, will not trick me again. I have awakened—I am alert. I have risen from the sleep of delusion and remain continually watchful; I have renounced cravings. Therefore those crafty men, though they assume the form of desire, will no longer be able to deceive me.”

Word by Word

• अकामाम्: desireless (me)
• अकामाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कामरूपेण: in the form of desire
• कामरूपेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• धूर्ताः: rogues, deceivers
• धूर्ताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नरकरूपिणः: having the form of men
• नरकरूपिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नरकरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• वञ्चयिष्यन्ति: they will deceive
• Type: Verb
• Root: वञ्च् (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• प्रतिबुद्धा: awakened, fully aware
• प्रतिबुद्धा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिबुध् (धातु) / प्रतिबुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जागृमि: I am awake, I keep watch
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (ब्राह्मणी) वक्त्री
• शरीर (देह-गृह)
• नवद्वार (nine gates of the body)
• काम (desire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches vigilance and renunciation: do not mistake the perishable body and sense-pleasures for the highest beloved. By awakening from delusion and abandoning craving, one becomes immune to deception by desire disguised as something attractive.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin woman speaks in a reflective, admonitory tone. Using the metaphor of the body as a house with nine gates, she resolves to ‘close’ herself to external temptations and declares that, having awakened from delusion and given up desires, she will no longer be deceived by crafty, desire-driven influences.