Shloka 24
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
Devanagari script
सूक्ष्मेण मनसा विद्यो वाचा वक्तुंन शकक््नुम: । मनो हि मनसा ग्राहां दर्शनेन च दर्शनम्
Transliteration
bhīṣma uvāca | sūkṣmeṇa manasā vidyo vācā vaktuṃ na śaknumaḥ | mano hi manasā grāhyaṃ darśanena ca darśanam |
Translation
Dijo Bhīṣma: Con una mente refinada hasta la sutil pureza, podemos aprehender directamente la Realidad Suprema; pero no somos capaces de expresarla mediante la palabra. Pues los objetos de la mente sólo son captados por la mente, y la visión (el ver directo) sólo se conoce por la visión misma.
Word by Word
{'sūkṣmeṇa''by the subtle (refined, minute) means
{'sūkṣmeṇa':
with subtlety', 'manasā''by the mind
with subtlety', 'manasā':
with the mind (instrumental)', 'vidyaḥ/vidyo''the wise
with the mind (instrumental)', 'vidyaḥ/vidyo':
those who know (contextknowers of truth)', 'vācā': 'by speech
those who know (context:
through words', 'vaktum''to speak
through words', 'vaktum':
to describe', 'na śaknumaḥ''we are not able
to describe', 'na śaknumaḥ':
we cannot', 'manaḥ''mind', 'hi': 'indeed
we cannot', 'manaḥ':
for', 'manasā grāhyam''graspable only by the mind
for', 'manasā grāhyam':
apprehended through mind alone', 'darśanena''by seeing
apprehended through mind alone', 'darśanena':
by direct perception/vision', 'darśanam''seeing
by direct perception/vision', 'darśanam':
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