Shloka 6

निरय-परमस्थान-वर्णनम्

Niraya and the Supreme Station: A Metaphysical Re-reading

Devanagari script

अत्रोच्यते-- शारीरैर्मानसैर्दु:खै: सुखैश्वाप्पसुखोदयै: । लोकसूष्टिं प्रपश्यन्तो न मुहान्ति विचक्षणा:

Transliteration

atrocyate— śārīrair mānasair duḥkhaiḥ sukhaiś cāpy asukhodayaiḥ | lokasṛṣṭiṃ prapaśyanto na muhyanti vicakṣaṇāḥ ||

Translation

इस विषय में कहा गया है—जो देखते हैं कि लोक-रचना शारीरिक और मानसिक दुःखों से बँधी है, और इसके सुख भी अन्ततः दुःख को ही जन्म देते हैं—वे विवेकी पुरुष मोह में नहीं पड़ते; वे मिश्रित अनुभवों के बीच भी स्थिर बुद्धि रहते हैं।

Word by Word

• {'atra': 'here, in this matter', 'ucyate': 'it is said, it is taught', 'śārīraiḥ (duḥkhaiḥ)': 'with bodily (pains), physical afflictions', 'mānasaiḥ (duḥkhaiḥ)': 'with mental (pains), psychological afflictions', 'duḥkhaiḥ': 'with sufferings, pains', 'sukhaiḥ': 'with pleasures, comforts', 'ca api': 'and also, even', 'asukhodaya-aiḥ (asukhodayaiḥ)': 'having the arising of unhappiness as their outcome

• leading to later sorrow', 'loka-sṛṣṭim': 'the creation/constitution of the world

• the world-order as experienced', 'prapaśyantaḥ': 'those who clearly see, who perceive directly', 'na muhyanti': 'do not become deluded, do not fall into confusion', 'vicakṣaṇāḥ': 'the discerning, wise, clear-sighted persons'}

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvaja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A wise person recognizes that worldly life is inseparable from physical and mental suffering, and that even pleasures often mature into later pain; this clear perception prevents delusion and supports detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja is presenting a reflective instruction: he states a general principle about the nature of worldly experience—mixed with pain and pleasure—and explains how discernment (vicakṣaṇatā) keeps one from मोह (delusion).