Shloka 13

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

दृष्टं श्रुतं चानुमितं स्वानुभूतं यथार्थतः कथनं सत्यमित्युक्तं परपीडाविवर्जितम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ cānumitaṃ svānubhūtaṃ yathārthataḥ kathanaṃ satyamityuktaṃ parapīḍāvivarjitam

Translation

जो देखा, सुना, अनुमानित और स्वयं अनुभूत हो—उसे यथार्थ रूप से कहना, और परपीड़ा से रहित वाणी रखना—इसी को सत्य कहा गया है।

Word by Word

• दृष्टम्: what is seen/perceived

• श्रुतम्: what is heard/received by testimony

• च: and

• अनुमितम्: what is inferred

• स्व-अनुभूतम्: what is personally experienced/directly realized

• यथा-अर्थतः: in accordance with the real meaning/as it truly is

• कथनम्: statement/speaking

• सत्यम्: truth

• इति: thus

• उक्तम्: is said/declared

• पर-पीडा: harm to others

• विवर्जितम्: devoid of/avoiding completely

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating dharma-teachings within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)