Shloka 23

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

यथाश्रुतिरियं ब्रह्मन्‌ू जीव: किल सनातन: । शरीरमध्ृर॒वं लोके सर्वेषां प्राणिनामिह,विप्रवर! श्रुतिके अनुसार यह जीवात्मा निश्चय ही सनातन है और इस संसारमें समस्त प्राणियोंका शरीर नश्वर है

Transliteration

yathāśrutir iyaṃ brahman jīvaḥ kila sanātanaḥ | śarīram adhruvaṃ loke sarveṣāṃ prāṇinām iha ||

Translation

The hunter said: “O Brahmin, as the Vedic teaching has been heard and handed down, the individual self is indeed eternal; but in this world the body of every living creature is unstable and perishable. Therefore, one should not cling to the body as the true self, but act with discernment and dharma, remembering what endures and what passes away.”

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

श्रुतिःscriptural teaching, hearing (revelation)

इयम्this

ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin (sage)

जीवःthe living self, soul

किलindeed, it is said

सनातनःeternal

शरीरम्body

अध्रुवम्unstable, impermanent

लोकेin the world

सर्वेषाम्of all

प्राणिनाम्of living beings

इहhere (in this world)

विप्रवरO best of Brahmins

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter, speaker)

brāhmaṇa (addressed as brahman/viprvara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes