Shloka 16

मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः

Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature

Devanagari script

एतां बुद्ध्वा नरो बुद्ध्या भूतानामागतिं गतिम्‌ । समवेक्ष्य शनैश्वैव लभते शममुत्तमम्‌,मनुष्य अपनी बुद्धिके बलसे इन सबको और जीवोंके आवागमनकी अवस्थाको जानकर शनै:-शनै: उसपर विचार करनेसे उत्तम शान्ति पा जाता है

Transliteration

etāṁ buddhvā naro buddhyā bhūtānām āgatiṁ gatiṁ | samavekṣya śanaiś caiva labhate śamam uttamam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Having understood, through the power of his own discernment, the coming and going—the courses of transmigrating beings—a person who steadily contemplates this, little by little, attains the highest peace.”

Word by Word

एताम्this (state/thing)

बुद्ध्वाhaving understood/known

नरःa man

बुद्ध्याby (his) intellect

भूतानाम्of beings

आगतिम्coming/arrival (course)

गतिम्going/departure (course)

समवेक्ष्यhaving considered/observed well

शनैःslowly, gradually

एवindeed/just

लभतेattains/obtains

शमम्tranquillity, peace

उत्तमम्supreme, excellent

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Sandhi Notes