Shloka 213

Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga

Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

तथा प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य नित्यतृप्ति: सुखोदया । जैसे सब प्रकारके रसोंसे तृप्त हुआ मनुष्य किसी भी रसका अभिनन्दन नहीं करता

Transliteration

tathā prajñāna-tṛptasya nitya-tṛptiḥ sukhodayā |

Translation

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ (ಸತ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನ)ದಿಂದ ತೃಪ್ತನಾದವನೊಳಗೆ ನಿತ್ಯ ತೃಪ್ತಿ ನೆಲೆಸುತ್ತದೆ; ಅದೇ ಸುಖೋದಯಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಎಲ್ಲ ರಸಗಳಿಂದ ತೃಪ್ತನಾದವನು ಯಾವುದೋ ಒಂದು ರಸವನ್ನು ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಬಯಸದಂತೆ, ಜ್ಞಾನಾನಂದದಿಂದ ಪರಿತೃಪ್ತನಾದ ಜ್ಞಾನಿ ಬೇರೆಡೆ ತೃಪ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕದೆ, ಅಕ್ಷಯ ಸುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರನಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्य: of one satisfied with (spiritual) knowledge
• प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञानतृप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्य-तृप्तिः: constant contentment
• नित्य-तृप्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्यतृप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुख-उदया: bringing forth happiness; source of happiness
• सुख-उदया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखोदय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

चुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चुलाधार (Chūlādhāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True and lasting happiness arises from fulfillment in wisdom (prajñāna). When one is inwardly satisfied by knowledge, craving for external pleasures fades, and a steady, inexhaustible contentment remains.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Chūlādhāra is explaining an ethical-spiritual principle: the person established in wisdom becomes naturally content, like someone already satiated by all tastes, and therefore no longer seeks validation or pleasure from particular sense-objects.