Shloka 14

Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists

Devanagari script

पृथग्भूतेषु सृष्टेषु चतुर्थाश्रमकर्मसु । समाधौ योगमेवैतच्छाण्डिल्य: शममब्रवीत्‌,संन्यास आश्रमके कर्म भिन्न-भिन्न प्रकारके बताये गये हैं। उनमें समाधिके विषयमें मैंने जो कुछ बताया है, इसीको शाण्डिल्य मुनिने शमके नामसे (छान्दोग्य&पनिषद्‌ शाण्डिल्य ब्राह्मणमें) कहा है

Transliteration

pṛthagbhūteṣu sṛṣṭeṣu caturthāśramakarmasu | samādhau yogam evaitac chāṇḍilyaḥ śamam abravīt |

Translation

Vyāsa said: “When beings have been created as distinct, and when the duties of the fourth stage of life (renunciation) are set forth, what I have described regarding samādhi is precisely this—yoga itself—which the sage Śāṇḍilya, in the Upaniṣadic teaching, called ‘śama’ (inner tranquility).”

Word by Word

पृथक्separately, distinctly

भूतेषुin the beings / elements

सृष्टेषुwhen created / among the created

चतुर्थfourth

आश्रमin the (four) stages of life

कर्मसुin the duties/acts

समाधौin samādhi

योगम्yoga (concentration/union)

एवindeed, only

एतत्this

शाण्डिल्यःŚāṇḍilya (sage)

शमम्tranquility, calmness (śama)

अब्रवीत्said, declared

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Śāṇḍilya

caturthāśrama (saṃnyāsa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes