Shloka 16

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

एते स्वां प्रकृति प्राप्ता वैदेह तपसो5<5श्रयात्‌ । प्रतिष्ठिता वेदविदो दमेन तपसैव हि

Transliteration

ete svāṁ prakṛtiṁ prāptā vaideha tapaso 'śrayāt | pratiṣṭhitā vedavido damena tapasāiva hi ||

Translation

ປາຣາຊະຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ວາຍເດຫະ, ພວກນີ້ໄດ້ບັນລຸສະພາບແທ້ຂອງຕົນ ໂດຍອາໄສຕະປະ (ຄວາມພາກພຽນອົດທົນ). ແທ້ຈິງ ຜູ້ຮູ້ເວດາ ຍ່ອມຕັ້ງມັ່ນໄດ້ ດ້ວຍດະມະ (ການຂົມຄວບອິນຊີ) ແລະດ້ວຍຕະປະເທົ່ານັ້ນ».

Word by Word

• एते: these (men)
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वाम्: their own
• स्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रकृतिम्: natural state / original nature
• प्रकृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्ताः: having attained / having reached
• प्राप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वैदेह: O Vaideha (Janaka)
• वैदेह: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदेह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तपसः: from austerity
• तपसः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• आश्रयात्: from reliance / from resorting (to it)
• आश्रयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठिताः: established / firmly set
• प्रतिष्ठिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदविदः: knowers of the Veda
• वेदविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दमेन: by self-control
• दमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हि: for / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पराशर (Parāśara)
• वैदेह (Vaideha/Janaka of Videha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True stability in spiritual life comes not merely from learning, but from disciplined practice: self-restraint (dama) and austerity (tapas). Through reliance on tapas, one attains one’s proper nature and becomes firmly established in wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara addresses Vaideha (Janaka), explaining how certain seekers or Veda-knowers reach their natural, perfected state. He emphasizes the means: taking refuge in austerity and cultivating self-control.