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Shloka 12

अम्बरीषगाथा—गुणत्रयविभागः तथा लोभनिग्रहः

Ambarīṣa’s Gāthā: The Guṇas and the Restraint of Greed

तस्मादेत॑ सम्यगवेक्ष्य लोभ॑ निगृहा धृत्या55त्मनि राज्यमिच्छेत्‌ । एतदू राज्यं नान्यदस्तीह राज्य- मात्मैव राजा विदितो यथावत्‌

tasmād etat samyag avekṣya lobhaṁ nigṛhya dhṛtyā ātmani rājyam icchet | etad eva rājyam nānyad astīha rājyam ātmā eva rājā vidito yathāvat ||

ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಲೋಭದ ಸ್ವರೂಪವನ್ನು ಸಮ್ಯಕ್‌ವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿ, ಧೈರ್ಯದಿಂದ ಅದನ್ನು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಿ, ತನ್ನೊಳಗಿನ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು—ಆತ್ಮಸ್ವರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು—ಕೋರಬೇಕು. ಇದೇ ನಿಜವಾದ ರಾಜ್ಯ; ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ರಾಜ್ಯವೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಆತ್ಮವನ್ನು ಯಥಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿದಾಗ ಆತ್ಮವೇ ರಾಜನೆಂದು ಅರಿಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ.

तस्मात्therefore/from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, ablative, singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
सम्यक्properly, well
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
अवेक्ष्यhaving examined/considered
अवेक्ष्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअव + ईक्ष्
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), active
लोभम्greed
लोभम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
निगृह्यhaving restrained
निगृह्य:
TypeVerb
Rootनि + ग्रह्
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), active
धृत्याby firmness/steadfastness
धृत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधृति
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
आत्मनिin oneself
आत्मनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, locative, singular
राज्यम्kingdom/rule
राज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
Formneuter, accusative, singular
इच्छेत्should desire
इच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
Formvidhi-lin (optative), present-system, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
एतत्this
एतत्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
indeed/just
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राज्यम्is the kingdom/rule
राज्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
Formneuter, nominative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्यत्anything else
अन्यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
Formneuter, nominative, singular
अस्तिexists/is
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
Formlat (present), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
इहhere (in this matter/world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
राज्यम्kingdom/rule
राज्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
Formneuter, nominative, singular
आत्माthe Self
आत्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
एवalone/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
राजाking/ruler
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
विदितःis known/recognized
विदितः:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Formpast passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, singular
यथावत्as it truly is, correctly
यथावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथावत्

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)
आत्मा (the Self)

Educational Q&A

Greed must be clearly understood and firmly restrained; true kingship is not external dominion but mastery of oneself. With genuine knowledge of the Self, the Self alone stands as the rightful ruler.

A Brahmin speaker delivers a moral instruction: instead of pursuing outward power driven by greed, one should cultivate inner rule through fortitude and self-knowledge, redefining 'kingdom' as sovereignty over one’s own mind and impulses.