Shloka 22

Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati

Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal

Devanagari script

न्यायतन्त्राण्यनेकानि तैस्तैरुक्तानि वादिभि: । हेत्वागमसदाचारैर्यदुक्ते तदुपास्यताम्‌,तर्कशील दिद्वानोंने तर्कशास्त्रके अनेक ग्रन्थोंका प्रणणयन किया। उन महर्षियोंने युक्तियुक्त शास्त्र और सदाचारके द्वारा जिस ब्रह्मका उपदेश किया है, उसीकी तुम भी उपासना करो

Transliteration

nyāya-tantrāṇy anekāni tais tair uktāni vādibhiḥ | hetv-āgama-sadācārair yad ukte tad upāsyatām ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Many systems of reasoning and debate have been propounded by various disputants. Yet that Reality which the sages have taught through sound reasoning, authoritative tradition (āgama), and righteous conduct—let that alone be worshipped and adhered to.”

Word by Word

न्यायतन्त्राणिtreatises/systems of logic

अनेकानिmany

तैःby them

तैःby those (respective)

उक्तानिstated/propounded

वादिभिःby disputants/debaters

हेतुby reason

आगमby scripture/tradition

सदाचारैःby good conduct

यत्what/that which

उक्तेwhen/where it is stated (in what is stated)

तत्that

उपास्यताम्let it be worshipped/attended to

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes