Shloka 4

Devanagari script

लोक वृत्तान्ततत्त्वज्ञ: पूतो5हं गुरुशासनात्‌ । कृत्वा बुद्धि विमुक्तात्मा द्रक्ष्याम्पात्मानमव्ययम्‌,मैं आप-जैसे गुरुके उपदेशसे पवित्र हो गया हूँ तथा मुझे जगतके वृत्तान्त (लौकिक नीति-रीति) का भी ज्ञान हो गया है; अतः धर्माचरणसे बुद्धिका संस्कार करके स्थूल देहका अभिमान त्यागकर अपने अविनाशीस्वरूप परमात्माका दर्शन करूँगा

Transliteration

loka-vṛttānta-tattvajñaḥ pūto 'haṃ guru-śāsanāt | kṛtvā buddhiṃ vimuktātmā drakṣyāmy ātmānam avyayam ||

Translation

師の教えによって私は清められ、また世の作法・慣行の背後にある真理をも悟りました。ゆえに、法の修練によって知性を磨き、粗大な身体への同一視を捨て去って、自らの不滅の真我を観じましょう。

Word by Word

लोकवृत्तान्ततत्त्वज्ञःknower of the true nature of worldly affairs

पूतःpurified

अहम्I

गुरुशासनात्from the teacher's instruction/command

कृत्वाhaving done / after doing

बुद्धिविमुक्तात्माone whose self is freed (through/with) intellect

द्रक्ष्यामिI shall see

आत्मानम्the Self

अव्ययम्imperishable

Speaker

शुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śuka

guru (teacher)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True purification arises from the guru’s instruction and is completed by dharmic discipline that refines the intellect; with detachment from bodily identification, one realizes the imperishable Self.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śuka declares the result of his teacher’s guidance: he has gained insight into worldly norms and their underlying principles, and now resolves to cultivate purified understanding and, freed from attachment to the gross body, directly realize the eternal Self.