Shloka 20

Śuka’s Manifestation from the Araṇi (Āraṇeya-janma) — शुकजन्म (आरणेय-सम्भव)

Devanagari script

न चेन्द्रियव्युपरमे मनस्युपरमो भवेत्‌ | एवं मन:प्रधानानि इन्द्रियाणि प्रभावयेत्‌,परंतु इन्द्रियोंके उपरत होनेपर मनमें उपरति नहीं आती। इस प्रकार यह निश्चय करना चाहिये कि सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंमें मन ही प्रधान है

Transliteration

na cendriyavyuparame manasy uparamo bhavet | evaṁ manaḥ-pradhānāni indriyāṇi prabhāvayet |

Translation

Yājñavalkya said: “Even when the senses cease their activity, the mind does not necessarily become quiet. Therefore one should understand that among all faculties the mind is foremost: it governs and impels the senses. Ethical restraint is not achieved merely by shutting down sense-activity, but by mastering the mind that stands behind them.”

Word by Word

नnot

चand

इन्द्रियin the sense-organs / with regard to the senses

व्युपरमेin the cessation/withdrawal

मनसिin the mind

उपरमःcessation, quieting

भवेत्would be / might occur

एवम्thus

मनःmind

प्रधानानिchief, predominant

इन्द्रियाणिsense-organs

प्रभावयेत्should make effective / should govern, influence

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

य

याज्ञवल्क्य (Yājñavalkya)

इ

इन्द्रियाणि (the senses)

म

मनस् (the mind)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes