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Shloka 11

Śraddhā–Guṇa–Vibhāga Yoga (Faith and the Three Guṇas) — Mahābhārata Book 6, Chapter 39

अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्‌ । एतऊउज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोडन्यथा,अध्यातज्ञानमें नित्य स्थितिः और तत्त्वज्ञानके अर्थरूप परमात्माको ही देखना“--यह सब ज्ञान हैः और जो इससे विपरीत है, वह अज्ञान: है--ऐसा कहा है

adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ tattva-jñānārtha-darśanam | etaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānaṁ yad ato 'nyathā ||

അധ്യാത്മജ്ഞാനത്തിൽ നിത്യസ്ഥിതി, തത്ത്വജ്ഞാനത്തിന്റെ അർത്ഥരൂപമായ പരമാത്മാവിനെ ദർശിക്കുക—ഇതിനെ ‘ജ്ഞാനം’ എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു; ഇതിന് വിരുദ്ധമായത് ‘അജ്ഞാനം’ ആകുന്നു.

अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वम्constancy (nityatva) of knowledge of the Self/spirit
अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यात्म-ज्ञान-नित्यत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्seeing/realization of the meaning/object of knowledge of truth
तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व-ज्ञान-अर्थ-दर्शन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रोक्तम्is said/has been declared
प्रोक्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-वच्
Formक्त, Passive (past participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
अज्ञानम्ignorance
अज्ञानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यत्which (that which)
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अतःfrom this; than this; hence
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
अन्यथाotherwise; contrary
अन्यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा

अजुन उवाच

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Arjuna

Educational Q&A

True knowledge is defined as steady commitment to spiritual (inner) understanding and the insight that recognizes the Supreme Reality as the ultimate meaning and aim of all true knowing; anything opposed to this orientation is ignorance.

In the Bhishma Parva’s battlefield discourse, Arjuna articulates a definition of ‘knowledge’ versus ‘ignorance’, emphasizing inner spiritual steadiness and direct insight into ultimate reality amid the moral crisis of war.