Shloka 13

Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories

Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline

Devanagari script

अहिरेव हाहे: पादान्‌ पश्यतीति हि नः श्रुतम्‌ तद्वन्मूर्तिषु मूर्तिस्थं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानेन पश्यति,हमने सुना है कि सर्पके पैरोंको सर्प ही पहचानता है, उसी प्रकार मनुष्य समस्त शरीरोंमें शरीरस्थ ज्ञेयस्वरूप आत्माको ज्ञानके द्वारा ही जान सकता है

Transliteration

ahir eva hāheḥ pādān paśyatīti hi naḥ śrutam | tadvan mūrtiṣu mūrtisthaṃ jñeyaṃ jñānena paśyati ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “We have heard that only a serpent can recognize the serpent’s feet. In the same way, within all embodied forms, the knowable Self that abides in the body is perceived only through true knowledge.”

Word by Word

अहिःsnake

एवonly/indeed

अहेःof the snake

पादान्feet

पश्यतिsees/recognizes

इतिthus (quotative)

हिindeed/for

नःof us/our

श्रुतम्heard

तद्वत्likewise/in that manner

मूर्तिषुin bodies/forms

मूर्तिस्थम्situated in the body

ज्ञेयम्the knowable (object of knowledge)

ज्ञानेनby knowledge

पश्यतिsees/realizes

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

serpent (ahi)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes