Shloka 17

Śuka’s Manifestation from the Araṇi (Āraṇeya-janma) — शुकजन्म (आरणेय-सम्भव)

Devanagari script

न चेन्द्रियाणि पश्यन्ति मन एवानुपश्यति । चक्षु: पश्यति रूपाणि मनसा तु न चक्षुषा

Transliteration

na cendriyāṇi paśyanti mana evānupaśyati | cakṣuḥ paśyati rūpāṇi manasā tu na cakṣuṣā, rājendra |

Translation

ヤージュニャヴァルキヤは言った。「感官は真に知覚するのではない。追い、捉えるのはただ心のみである。王よ、眼が形を観ずるのも、心によってであって、眼そのものによるのではない。ゆえに心は、感官という器を通して動き、対象へと向かい、絶えず『見て』認識するのもまた心である。ここに倫理の要がある—行いを制することは、まず心を制することから始まる。知覚も執着も、器官ではなく心において起こるからである。」

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इन्द्रियाणि: the senses
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• पश्यन्ति: see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: present, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• मनः: the mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अनुपश्यति: observes/keeps seeing (after/along with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• चक्षुः: the eye
• चक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• पश्यति: sees
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• रूपाणि: forms/visible objects
• रूपाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• मनसा: by/with the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• चक्षुषा: by/with the eye (alone)
• चक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• rājendra (the king addressed)