Shloka 6

Devanagari script

संनिरुद्धस्तु तेनात्मा सर्वेष्वायतनेषु च

Transliteration

saṃniruddhas tu tenātmā sarveṣv āyataneṣu ca

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: Cuando el ser queda refrenado por esa disciplina, y el dominio se mantiene en todos los asientos corporales de la acción, el hombre es gobernado desde dentro—apto para una conducta firme y una claridad ética.

Word by Word

• संनिरुद्धः: restrained, controlled
• संनिरुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिरुद्ध (नि-√रुध्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तेन: by that; by him/it
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आत्मा: the self, mind
• आत्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• आयतनेषु: in the abodes/seats (sense-bases)
• आयतनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes disciplined self-restraint: when the inner self (mind) is checked by a prescribed practice and control extends across all the ‘seats’ of activity (notably the senses and their operations), ethical steadiness and clarity become possible.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a didactic passage in Anuśāsana Parva, describing the condition of a practitioner whose mind has been restrained through an earlier-mentioned discipline, highlighting comprehensive control over the bodily and sensory bases.