Shloka 57

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

स्यूमराश्मिरुवाच सर्वमेतन्मया ब्रह्मन्‌ शास्त्रतः परिकीर्तितम्‌ । न ह्विज्ञाय शान्त्रार्थ प्रवर्तन्ते प्रवृत्तय:,स्यूमरश्मिने कहा--ब्रह्मन! मैंने यहाँ जो कुछ कहा है, वह सब शास्त्रसे प्रतिपादित है; क्योंकि शास्त्रके अर्थको जाने बिना किसीकी किसी भी कार्यमें प्रवृत्ति नहीं होती

Transliteration

Syūmarāśmir uvāca: sarvam etan mayā brahman śāstrataḥ parikīrtitam | na hi vijñāya śāstrārthaṁ pravartante pravṛttayaḥ ||

Translation

Syūmarāśmi said: “O Brahman, everything I have stated here has been set forth on the authority of the śāstras. For without understanding the meaning of the śāstra, no one’s impulses or undertakings truly proceed in a grounded way.”

Word by Word

स्यूमराश्मिःSūyumarāśmi (proper name)

उवाचsaid

सर्वम्all

एतत्this

मयाby me

ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin

शास्त्रतःfrom/according to the śāstra

परिकीर्तितम्has been declared/expounded

नnot

हिindeed/for

अज्ञायwithout knowing (having not known)

शास्त्रार्थम्the meaning of the śāstra

प्रवर्तन्तेset about/engage (in action)

प्रवृत्तयःactivities/engagements/undertakings

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Syūmarāśmi

Brahman (addressee)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes