Shloka 45

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

Devanagari script

यद्‌ यत्‌ यजति कामानां तत्‌ सुखस्याभिपूर्यते । कामानुसारी पुरुष: कामाननुविनश्यति

Transliteration

yad yat tyajati kāmānāṁ tat sukhasyābhipūryate | kāmānusārī puruṣaḥ kāmān anuvinaśyati ||

Translation

បំណងណាដែលមនុស្សលះបង់ទៅ ការលះបង់នោះឯងក្លាយជាអ្វីដែលបំពេញសុខដ៏ពិតរបស់គាត់។ តែបុរសដែលរត់តាមបំណង នឹងវិនាសទៅក្រោយបំណងទាំងនោះឯង។

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यजति: worships/sacrifices (for)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कामानाम्: of desires
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सुखस्य: of happiness
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अभिपूर्यते: is fulfilled/is fully completed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-पूॄ
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (Passive sense)

• कामानुसारी: following desires
• कामानुसारी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-अनुसारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुविनश्यति: perishes after/following (them); is ruined pursuing (them)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-वि-नश्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Happiness is completed by letting go of desires; chasing desires makes one dependent on them and leads to ruin. The verse praises tyāga (relinquishment) and warns against kāmānusaraṇa (following craving).

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker delivers an ethical instruction within the Śānti Parva’s reflective discourse, contrasting the inner freedom gained by abandoning desires with the self-destruction that comes from pursuing them.