Shloka 17
Devanagari script
एतेषां सहवासं च निवासं चैव नित्यश: । याथातथ्येन पश्यन्ति न नित्यं प्राकृता जना:
Transliteration
eteṣāṃ sahavāsaṃ ca nivāsaṃ caiva nityaśaḥ | yāthātathyena paśyanti na nityaṃ prākṛtā janāḥ ||
Translation
സാധാരണ ജനങ്ങൾ നിത്യമായി സഹവസിക്കുകയും ഒരുമിച്ച് താമസിക്കുകയും ചെയ്താലും, യാഥാർത്ഥ്യപ്രകാരം അവരുടെ യഥാസ്വഭാവം എല്ലായ്പ്പോഴും കാണുന്നില്ല।
Word by Word
एतेषाम्of these (people/things)
एतेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, plural
सहवासम्living together, association
सहवासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहवास
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
निवासम्dwelling, residence
निवासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिवास
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
नित्यशःalways, constantly
नित्यशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्यशस्
याथातथ्येनby/with truth as it is, in accordance with reality
याथातथ्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयाथातथ्य
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
पश्यन्तिthey see
पश्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formpresent, third, plural, parasmaipada
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
नित्यम्the eternal (as such)
नित्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
Formneuter, accusative, singular
प्राकृताःordinary, unrefined
प्राकृताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राकृत
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
जनाःpeople
जनाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
Speaker
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YājñavalkyaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Mere proximity or long familiarity does not guarantee true understanding; without discernment, worldly people often fail to perceive the real nature of persons and situations as they actually are.
Yājñavalkya is instructing his listener on the limits of ordinary perception, emphasizing that even constant companionship and shared residence do not ensure accurate insight into reality.