Shloka 60

Devanagari script

न सा प्रीतिर्दिविष्ठस्थ सर्वकामानुपाश्रत: । सम्भवेद्‌ या परा प्रीतिर्गड्राया: पुलिने नृूणाम्‌

Transliteration

na sā prītir diviṣṭhasthaḥ sarvakāmānupāśrataḥ | sambhaved yā parā prītir gaṅgāyāḥ puline nṛṇām ||

Translation

ຄວາມປິຕິນັ້ນ ບໍ່ອາດໄດ້ຮັບ—ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ຢູ່ໃນສະຫວັນ ແລະມີຄວາມສຸກທຸກປະການ. ຄວາມຍິນດີອັນສູງສຸດທີ່ມະນຸດໄດ້ຈາກການຢູ່ຕາມຝັ່ງຊາຍຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳຄັງຄາ (Gaṅgā) ສູງກວ່າຄວາມສຸກແຫ່ງສະຫວັນ.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सा: that
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीतिः: delight, joy
• प्रीतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दिविष्ठस्थ: O one dwelling in heaven
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिविष्ठस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वकामानुपाश्रतः: having resorted to all pleasures/desired objects
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकामानुपाश्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्भवेत्: would arise / would be possible
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• या: which
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परा: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीतिः: delight, joy
• प्रीतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गङ्गायाः: of the Ganga
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पुलिने: on the sandbank/riverbank
• पुलिने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नॄणाम्: of men / for men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha (speaker)
• Gaṅgā (river)
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual joy born of proximity to a sacred tīrtha (the Gaṅgā) and a dharmic way of life is portrayed as superior to pleasure-based happiness, even the refined enjoyments of heaven.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha is praising the unique, unsurpassed delight and merit associated with dwelling on the banks of the Gaṅgā, contrasting it with the limited nature of heavenly enjoyment dependent on sense-pleasures.