Shloka 36

अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः

The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex

Devanagari script

शरीरगृहसंज्ञस्य शौचतीर्थस्थ देहिन: । बुद्धिमार्गप्रयातस्य सुखं त्विह परत्र च

Transliteration

śarīra-gṛha-saṁjñasya śauca-tīrtha-stha dehinaḥ | buddhi-mārga-prayātasya sukhaṁ tv iha paratra ca ||

Translation

Parāśara dit : «Pour l’être incarné qui tient le corps pour demeure, qui fait de la pureté intérieure et extérieure un gué sacré (tīrtha), et qui avance avec discernement sur la voie du vrai bien, le bonheur naît ici-bas comme dans l’au-delà».

Word by Word

• शरीरगृहसंज्ञस्य: of one whose (so-called) house is the body
• शरीरगृहसंज्ञस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरगृहसंज्ञ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शौचतीर्थस्थ: of one situated in the tīrtha of purity (i.e., taking purity as pilgrimage)
• शौचतीर्थस्थ: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शौचतीर्थस्थ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• देहिनः: of the embodied being
• देहिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• बुद्धिमार्गप्रयातस्य: of one who has proceeded on the path of understanding/wisdom
• बुद्धिमार्गप्रयातस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमार्गप्रयात
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed/and/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• परत्र: there (in the other world)
• परत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र

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

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• dehin (embodied being)
• tīrtha (purity as pilgrimage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True well-being comes to the embodied person who treats purity (inner and outer) as the real ‘tīrtha’ and who, guided by discernment (buddhi), follows the path of spiritual and ethical welfare; such a person gains happiness both in this life and after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right living, the sage Parāśara delivers a didactic statement: he redirects the idea of pilgrimage from external places to personal purity and wise conduct, promising auspicious results in both worlds.