Shloka 12

अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa

Devanagari script

विविधासु च शय्यासु फलगृद्धयान्वितस्तथा । मुज्जमेखलनग्नत्वं क्षौीमकृष्णाजिनानि च

Transliteration

vividāsu ca śayyāsu phalagṛddhyānvitas tathā | muñja-mekhala-nagnatvaṃ kṣaumāni kṛṣṇājināni ca ||

Translation

ວະສິດຖະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຊາຍຜູ້ທີ່ໃຈຖືກຜູກມັດໄວ້ດ້ວຍຄວາມໂລບຢາກ “ຜົນ” (ລາງວັນ) ນັ້ນ ນອນຢູ່ເທິງທີ່ນອນຫຼາຍຮູບແບບ. ດ້ວຍຄວາມຢາກໄດ້ກຳໄລ ບາງຄັ້ງລາວຄາດເຂັມຂັດຫຍ້າມຸນຈະ (muñja) ແລະນຸ່ງຜ້າຄໍປີນ (kaupīna); ບາງຄັ້ງກໍເດີນໄປແບບເປືອຍ. ຄັ້ງໜຶ່ງນຸ່ງຜ້າລິນິນ, ຄັ້ງໜຶ່ງນຸ່ງໜັງກວາງດຳ».

Word by Word

• विविधासु: in various
• विविधासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

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

• शय्यासु: beds, sleeping-places
• शय्यासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• फल: fruit
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गृद्धया: with greed (craving)
• गृद्धया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्वितः: endowed, accompanied
• अन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• मुञ्ज: munja-grass
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुञ्ज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मेखल: girdle, belt
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेखला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नग्नत्वम्: nakedness
• नग्नत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग्नत्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षौम: linen (cloth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षौम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णाजिनानि: black antelope-skins
• कृष्णाजिनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णाजिन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• śayyā (beds)
• muñja-mekhalā (muñja-grass girdle)
• kṣauma (linen garments)
• kṛṣṇājina (black antelope skin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Craving for ‘phala’ (results/rewards) makes a person restless and inconsistent, even to the point of adopting contradictory outward lifestyles (ascetic emblems, nakedness, fine clothing). The ethical point is that true steadiness in dharma depends on inner detachment, not on shifting external appearances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is describing the behavior-pattern of a reward-seeking person: he alternates among many sleeping arrangements and outward modes of dress associated with both austerity and comfort. The description functions as a critique of attachment-driven living and a lead-in to valuing inner discipline over performative renunciation.