Shloka 17

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry and Sañjaya’s Etymologies of Kṛṣṇa’s Names

Puruṣottama-nāma-nirvacana

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच नाकृतात्मा कृतात्मानं जातु विद्याज्जनार्दनम्‌ आत्मनस्तु क्रियोपायो नान्यत्रेन्द्रियनिग्रहात्‌,संजयने कहा--महाराज! जिसने अपने मनको वशमें नहीं किया है, वह कभी नित्यसिद्ध परमात्मा भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णको नहीं पा सकता। अपनी सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंको वशमें किये बिना दूसरा कोई कर्म उन परमात्माकी प्राप्तिका उपाय नहीं हो सकता

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | nākṛtātmā kṛtātmānaṃ jātu vidyāj janārdanam | ātmanas tu kriyopāyo nānyatrendriyanigrahāt ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: One who has not mastered himself can never truly know Janārdana, the perfected Lord. For the self, there is no practical means of attainment other than the restraint of the senses.

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

नnot

अकृतात्माone whose self is not disciplined

कृतात्मानम्the self-disciplined one

जातुever, at any time

विद्यात्would know / could know

जनार्दनम्Janardana (Krishna)

आत्मनःof the self

तुbut, indeed

क्रियाpractice, action (discipline)

उपायःmeans, method

नnot

अन्यत्रelsewhere, otherwise

इन्द्रियनिग्रहात्from restraint of the senses / apart from sense-control

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Janardana (Krishna)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes