Shloka 37

Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt

Devanagari script

योअन्यथा सन्तमात्मानमन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते । कि तेन न कृतं पापं चौरेणात्मापहारिणा,जो उक्त प्रकारसे वर्तमान आत्माको उसके विपरीत रूपसे समझता है, आत्माका अपहरण करनेवाले उस चोरने कौन-सा पाप नहीं किया?

Transliteration

yo 'nyathā santam ātmānam anyathā pratipadyate | kiṁ tena na kṛtaṁ pāpaṁ caureṇātmāpahāriṇā ||

Translation

Sanatsujāta said: “Whoever apprehends the Self that truly exists as something other than it is—what sin has not been committed by that thief who steals away his own Self?”

Word by Word

यःwho

अन्यथाotherwise, in a different way

सन्तम्existing, being (as it is)

आत्मानम्self

अन्यथाotherwise, differently

प्रतिपद्यतेunderstands/accepts/considers (as)

किम्what?

तेनby him/with that

नnot

कृतम्done, committed

पापम्sin, evil deed

चौरेणby the thief

आत्मापहारिणाby the self-stealer (one who steals the self)

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

सनत्युजात (Sanatsujāta)

आ

आत्मा (Ātman/Self)

च

चोर (thief, metaphorical)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes