Shloka 57

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

Devanagari script

यक्किंचिद्‌ विद्यते लोके सर्व तन्मद्विचेष्टितम्‌ । अन्यो हान्यं चिन्तयति स्वच्छन्दं विद्धाम्यहम्‌,“संसारमें जो कुछ हो रहा है, वह सब मेरी ही चेष्टाका फल है। दूसरे लोग दूसरी-दूसरी बातें सोचते रहते हैं, परंतु मैं स्वतन्त्रतापूर्वक अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार कार्य करता हूँ!

Translation

“Whatever exists in this world—all of it is the fruit of my own striving. Others entertain this thought and that, but I know: I act in freedom, according to my own will.”

Word by Word

यत्whatever (that which)

किञ्चित्anything, something

विद्यतेexists, is found

लोकेin the world

सर्वम्all (of it)

तत्that

मत्-विचेष्टितम्done/caused by me; my doing

अन्यःanother (person)

अन्यम्another (thing)

चिन्तयतिthinks, reflects on

स्वच्छन्दम्freely, at will

विद्धिknow (you), understand

अहम्I

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes