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

જે શરીરને પોતાનું ગૃહ માને છે, જે આંતરિક અને બાહ્ય શુચિતાને જ તીર્થ ગણે છે અને વિવેકબુદ્ધિથી કલ્યાણમાર્ગે ચાલે છે—તે દેહધારીને ઇહલોક અને પરલોક બન્નેમાં સુખ પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.

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.