Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यथात्र कश्रिन्मेधावी दृष्टात्मा पूर्वजन्मनि । यत्‌ प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्‌ सर्व यथावदुपपद्यते,जिसने पूर्वजन्ममें अपने आत्माका साक्षात्कार कर लिया हो, ऐसा कोई मेधावी अधिकारी पुरुष संसारकी अनित्यताके विषयमें जैसी बात कह सकता है, वैसी ही मैं भी कहूँगा। मेरी कही हुई सारी बातें यथार्थ और संगत होंगी

Transliteration

yathātra kaścin medhāvī dṛṣṭātmā pūrvajanmani | yat pravakṣyāmi tat sarvaṃ yathāvad upapadyate ||

Translation

Just as some wise man—one who had realized the Self in a former birth—might speak here about the impermanent nature of the world, so too will I speak. Whatever I am about to declare will be entirely sound, coherent, and in accordance with reason.

Word by Word

• {'yathā': 'just as

• in the manner that', 'atra': 'here

• in this context', 'kaścit': 'someone

• a certain (person)', 'medhāvī': 'intelligent

• wise', 'dṛṣṭātmā': 'one who has seen/realized the Self

• self-realized', 'pūrvajanmani': 'in a former birth

• in a previous life', 'yat': 'that which

• what', 'pravakṣyāmi': 'I shall declare

• I will explain', 'tat': 'that', 'sarvam': 'all

• entirely', 'yathāvat': 'properly

• as it truly is', 'upapadyate': 'is consistent

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The speaker grounds his instruction in the authority of realized wisdom: true insight into the Self (ātma-darśana), even if attained in a prior life, enables one to speak correctly about the world’s impermanence. He also emphasizes that his forthcoming teaching will be rationally coherent (upapadyate) and properly stated (yathāvat).

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker introduces a didactic passage, preparing the listener for a philosophical explanation. He claims that his forthcoming statements—especially concerning the transient nature of worldly existence—will match what a genuinely wise, self-realized person would say, and that they will be internally consistent and well-reasoned.