Shloka 47

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

यथा वारिचर: पक्षी सलिलेन न लिप्यते । एवमेव कृतप्रज्ञो भूतेषु परिवर्तते,जैसे जलचर पक्षी जलसे लिप्त नहीं होता, उसी प्रकार विशुद्धबुद्धि ज्ञानी पुरुष निर्लिप्त रहकर ही सम्पूर्ण भूतोंमें विचरता है

Transliteration

yathā vāricaraḥ pakṣī salilena na lipyate | evam eva kṛtaprajño bhūteṣu parivartate ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Just as a water-dwelling bird moves through water yet is not smeared or weighed down by it, so too a person of accomplished wisdom moves among all beings without inner attachment—acting in the world while remaining unstained by it.

Word by Word

यथाjust as

वारिचरःa water-going (waterfowl)

पक्षीbird

सलिलेनby/with water

नnot

लिप्यतेis smeared/tainted

एवम्thus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

कृतप्रज्ञःone of steady/settled wisdom

भूतेषुamong/in beings

परिवर्ततेmoves about, circulates

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

pakṣī (water-bird)

salila (water)

bhūta (beings)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes