Shloka 17

Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)

Devanagari script

व्याध उवाच प्रज्ञया मानसं दु:खं हन्याच्छारीरमौषधै: । एतद्‌ विज्ञानसामर्थ्य न बालै: समतामियात्‌,धर्मव्याधने कहा--ज्ञानी पुरुष शारीरिक कष्टका औषधसेवनद्वारा नाश करे और विवेकशील बुद्धिद्वारा मानसिक दुःखको नष्ट करे। यही ज्ञानकी शक्ति है। बुद्धिमान्‌ मनुष्यको बालकोंके समान शोक या विलाप नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

vyādha uvāca | prajñayā mānasaṁ duḥkhaṁ hanyāc chārīram auṣadhaiḥ | etad vijñāna-sāmarthyaṁ na bālaiḥ samatām iyāt ||

Translation

The hunter said: “With discernment one should destroy mental sorrow, and with medicines one should remove bodily affliction. This is the true power of knowledge; a wise person should not sink to the level of children by grieving and wailing.”

Word by Word

• {'vyādhaḥ': 'a hunter

• here, the Dharma-vyādha (the righteous hunter)', 'uvāca': 'said', 'prajñayā': 'by wisdom, discernment, clear understanding', 'mānasam': 'mental, of the mind', 'duḥkham': 'sorrow, suffering, pain', 'hanyāt': 'should destroy, should remove', 'chārīram': 'bodily, physical', 'auṣadhaiḥ': 'by medicines, remedies', 'etat': 'this', 'vijñāna': 'knowledge, true understanding (practical-spiritual insight)', 'sāmarthyam': 'power, capability, efficacy', 'na': 'not', 'bālaiḥ': 'with children

• like the childish/immature', 'samatām': 'equality, sameness

• being on a par with', 'iyāt': 'should go/come to

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dharma-vyādha (the hunter)