Shloka 17

Brahma-vidyā: Satya–Tapas and the Enumeration of Tattvas

Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue

Devanagari script

यो विद्वान सहसंवासं विवासं चैव पश्यति । तथैवैकत्वनानात्वे स दुःखात्‌ परिमुच्यते,जो विद्वान्‌ संयोग और वियोगको तथा वैसे ही एकत्व और नानात्वको एक साथ तत्त्वतः जानता है, वह दुःखसे मुक्त हो जाता है

Transliteration

yo vidvān sahasaṃvāsaṃ vivāsaṃ caiva paśyati | tathaivaikatva-nānātve sa duḥkhāt parimucyate ||

Translation

Vāyu said: The wise person who truly perceives both association and separation—and likewise understands unity and diversity as they really are—becomes freed from sorrow. Ethically, the verse points to steadiness of insight: by seeing life’s unions and partings, and the play of oneness and multiplicity, without confusion or clinging, one transcends grief.

Word by Word

यःwho

विद्वान्wise, learned

सहसंवासम्living together, association

विवासम्separation, living apart

चand

एवindeed, just

पश्यतिsees, understands

तथाthus, likewise

एवindeed, just

एकत्वनानात्वेin oneness and in multiplicity

सःhe

दुःखात्from sorrow

परिमुच्यतेis completely freed, is released

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyu)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes