Shloka 14

जनक–ब्राह्मणसंवादः

Viṣaya, Mamatva, and Self-Mastery

Devanagari script

कां वै बुद्धि समाश्रित्य सर्वो वै विषयस्तव । नावैषि विषयं येन सर्वो वा विषयस्तव,किस बुद्धिका आश्रय लेकर आप सर्वत्र अपना ही राज्य मानते हैं और किस तरह कहीं भी अपना राज्य नहीं समझते एवं किस तरह सारी पृथ्वीको ही अपना देश समझते हैं?

Transliteration

kāṃ vai buddhiṃ samāśritya sarvo vai viṣayas tava | nāvaiṣi viṣayaṃ yena sarvo vā viṣayas tava ||

Translation

The Brāhmaṇa said: “Relying on what kind of understanding do you regard every place as your own domain? And by what understanding do you not recognize any place as your domain—so that, in a deeper sense, the whole earth becomes your country?”

Word by Word

कांwhich (f.)

वैindeed

बुद्धिम्intelligence, understanding

समाश्रित्यhaving resorted to, relying on

सर्वःall, entire

वैindeed

विषयःterritory, domain

तवof you, your

नnot

अवैषिyou have known / you know

विषयम्territory, domain

येनby which, whereby

सर्वःall, entire

वाor

विषयःterritory, domain

तवof you, your

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes