Shloka 26

अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion

Devanagari script

नान्यत्र बुद्धिक्षान्तिभ्यां नान्यत्रेन्द्रियनिग्रहात्‌ । नान्यत्र धनसंत्यागाद्‌ गण: प्राज्ञेडवतिष्ठते

Transliteration

nānyatra buddhikṣāntibhyāṃ nānyatrendriyanigrahāt | nānyatra dhana-saṃtyāgād gaṇaḥ prājñeḍa vatiṣṭhate ||

Translation

Nārada said: A community of the truly wise does not stand firm by any means other than clear understanding joined with forbearance, the restraint of the senses, and the renunciation of wealth. It is through these disciplines that the learned remain steady and society is held together in dharma.

Word by Word

नnot

अन्यत्रelsewhere; apart from

बुद्धिby/through understanding

क्षान्तिby/through forbearance

भ्याम्(dual instrumental ending) 'by the two'

नnot

अन्यत्रelsewhere; apart from

इन्द्रियof the senses

निग्रहात्from restraint; apart from restraint

नnot

अन्यत्रelsewhere; apart from

धनof wealth

संत्यागात्from renunciation; apart from giving up

गणःa group; community

प्राज्ञःwise

एवindeed; only

अवतिष्ठतेstands firm; is established

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes