Shloka 35

Invocations, Definition and Authority of Purāṇa, Pulastya–Bhīṣma Frame, and the Creation–Dissolution Schema

Devanagari script

दुर्ल्लभत्वं च मोक्षस्य वैराग्याद्दोषदर्शनम् । व्यक्ताव्यक्तं परित्यज्य सत्वं ब्रह्मणि संस्थितम्

Transliteration

durllabhatvaṃ ca mokṣasya vairāgyāddoṣadarśanam | vyaktāvyaktaṃ parityajya satvaṃ brahmaṇi saṃsthitam

Translation

ಮೋಕ್ಷವು ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ದುರ್ಲಭ; ವೈರಾಗ್ಯದಿಂದ (ಸಂಸಾರದ) ದೋಷದರ್ಶನವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ವ್ಯಕ್ತ-ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತ ಎರಡನ್ನೂ ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ಶುದ್ಧ ಸತ್ತ್ವವು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ।

Word by Word

• दुर्लभत्वम्: rarity/difficulty of attainment
• दुर्लभत्वम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्लभत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• मोक्षस्य: of liberation
• मोक्षस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• वैराग्यात्: from/through dispassion
• वैराग्यात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• दोष-दर्शनम्: perception of faults
• दोष-दर्शनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दोषानां दर्शनम् = seeing of faults)

• व्यक्त-अव्यक्तम्: the manifest and the unmanifest
• व्यक्त-अव्यक्तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (the manifest and the unmanifest)

• परित्यज्य: having renounced
• परित्यज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having abandoned’

• सत्त्वम्: pure being/essence (sattva)
• सत्त्वम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणि: in Brahman
• ब्रह्मणि: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• संस्थितम्: established
• संस्थितम्: Karma (Predicate/Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘established/placed’

Speaker

Not explicitly identified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: वैराग्याद्दोषदर्शनम् = वैराग्यात् + दोषदर्शनम्; व्यक्ताव्यक्तं = व्यक्त + अव्यक्तम्

Characters & Entities

• Brahman

FAQs

What does this verse teach about why moksha is difficult to attain?

It states that liberation is rare/difficult, and implies that it requires inner transformation—especially dispassion (vairāgya) and clear discernment of worldly defects (doṣa-darśana).

What is meant by renouncing the “manifest and unmanifest” (vyakta and avyakta)?

It points to letting go of attachment to both gross experience (the manifest world) and subtle metaphysical supports (the unmanifest), so consciousness rests in Brahman beyond both.

What ethical or practical lesson does the verse give to a seeker?

Cultivate vairāgya, honestly recognize the limitations and faults of samsaric pursuits, and stabilize the mind in purity (sattva) directed toward Brahman rather than external or subtle objects.