Shloka 6

Devanagari script

संनिरुद्धस्तु तेनात्मा सर्वेष्वायतनेषु च

Transliteration

saṃniruddhas tu tenātmā sarveṣv āyataneṣu ca

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອອັດຕາຖືກກັ້ນໄວ້ດ້ວຍວິໄນນັ້ນ ແລະການຄວບຄຸມຖືກຮັກສາໃນທຸກຖານທີ່ເປັນທີ່ຕັ້ງຂອງການເຄື່ອນໄຫວໃນກາຍ, ບຸກຄົນຍ່ອມກາຍເປັນຜູ້ຖືກປົກຄອງຈາກພາຍໃນ—ເໝາະສົມສຳລັບຄວາມປະພຶດທີ່ໝັ້ນຄົງ ແລະຄວາມແຈ້ງຊັດໃນທຳ.

Word by Word

• संनिरुद्धः: restrained, controlled
• संनिरुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिरुद्ध (नि-√रुध्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तेन: by that; by him/it
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आत्मा: the self, mind
• आत्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• आयतनेषु: in the abodes/seats (sense-bases)
• आयतनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes disciplined self-restraint: when the inner self (mind) is checked by a prescribed practice and control extends across all the ‘seats’ of activity (notably the senses and their operations), ethical steadiness and clarity become possible.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a didactic passage in Anuśāsana Parva, describing the condition of a practitioner whose mind has been restrained through an earlier-mentioned discipline, highlighting comprehensive control over the bodily and sensory bases.