Shloka 62

Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu

Chapter 42

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षदर्शी लोकानां सर्वदर्शी भवेन्नर: । सत्ये वै ब्राह्मणस्तिष्ठंस्तद्‌ विद्वान्‌ सर्वविद्‌ भवेत्‌,जो (योगी) सम्पूर्ण लोकोंको प्रत्यक्ष देख लेता है, वह मनुष्य उन सब लोकोंका द्रष्टा कहलाता है; परंतु जो एकमात्र सत्यस्वरूप ब्रह्ममें ही स्थित है, वही ब्रह्मवेत्ता ब्राह्मण सर्वज्ञ होता है

Transliteration

pratyakṣadarśī lokānāṁ sarvadarśī bhavennaraḥ | satye vai brāhmaṇas tiṣṭhaṁs tad vidvān sarvavid bhavet ||

Translation

જે યોગી સર્વ લોકોને પ્રત્યક્ષ જોઈ લે છે, તે મનુષ્ય તે સર્વ લોકોનો દ્રષ્ટા કહેવાય છે; પરંતુ જે એકમાત્ર સત્યસ્વરૂપ બ્રહ્મમાં જ સ્થિર રહે છે, તે બ્રહ્મવેત્તા બ્રાહ્મણ જ ખરેખર સર્વજ્ઞ બને છે।

Word by Word

• {'pratyakṣa-darśī': 'one who sees directly

• an immediate perceiver', 'lokānām': 'of the worlds/realms (seen or conceived planes of existence)', 'sarva-darśī': 'all-seeing

• one who sees everything (in the sense of all worlds)', 'naraḥ': 'a man

• human being', 'satye': 'in Truth

• in the Real (Brahman)', 'vai': 'indeed

• emphatic particle', 'brāhmaṇaḥ': 'a Brahmin

• here, a knower of Brahman / spiritually grounded person', 'tiṣṭhan': 'standing

• remaining established', 'tad': 'that

• in that (Truth)', 'vidvān': 'the wise

• one who truly knows', 'sarvavit': 'all-knowing

• knower of all (through knowledge of the ultimate reality)', 'bhavet': 'becomes'}

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanatsujāta
• Brahman (Truth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Direct perception of many worlds (extraordinary vision) is still limited to what is seen; true omniscience is attributed to the one who abides in Satya—Brahman—because knowing the ultimate reality is presented as the highest, comprehensive knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanatsujāta is instructing (in the Sanatsujātīya discourse) on the hierarchy of knowledge: he elevates steadfast establishment in Truth over mystical or cosmological vision, guiding the listener toward Brahman-centered wisdom as the supreme aim.