Shloka 12

Jñāna-plava (The Raft of Knowledge): Svabhāva, Prajñā, and the Ascent to Ātmajñāna

Devanagari script

पक्‍्वविद्या महाप्राज्ञा जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रिया: । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा नापराध्यन्ति करहिचित्‌,उनका ज्ञान परिपक्व होता है। वे महाज्ञानी, क्रोधको जीतनेवाले और जितेन्द्रिय होते हैं तथा मन, वाणी और शरीरसे कभी किसीका अपराध नहीं करते हैं

Transliteration

pakvavidyā mahāprājñā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ | manasā karmaṇā vācā nāparādhyanti karhicit ||

Translation

ジャイギシャヴヤは言った。学びが熟して真の智慧となった者は、理解において偉大である。怒りを征し、諸感官を制した彼らは、思いにおいても、行いにおいても、言葉においても、決して誰をも犯さない。

Word by Word

पक्वविद्याःthose whose learning is mature

महाप्राज्ञाःvery wise

जितक्रोधाःthose who have conquered anger

जितेन्द्रियाःthose who have mastered the senses

मनसाby mind

कर्मणाby deed/action

वाचाby speech

नnot

अपराध्यन्तिthey commit an offense (against)

कर्हिचित्ever/at any time

Speaker

जैगीषव्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Jaigiṣavya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True education is measured by character: the genuinely wise conquer anger and the senses, and therefore avoid harming or offending others in thought, word, and deed.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, the speaker Jaigiṣavya describes the qualities of the truly learned—those whose knowledge has matured into disciplined, non-offensive behavior.