Shloka 213

Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga

Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

तथा प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य नित्यतृप्ति: सुखोदया । जैसे सब प्रकारके रसोंसे तृप्त हुआ मनुष्य किसी भी रसका अभिनन्दन नहीं करता

Transliteration

tathā prajñāna-tṛptasya nitya-tṛptiḥ sukhodayā |

Translation

तसेच जो प्रज्ञानाने तृप्त झाला आहे, त्याच्यात नित्य तृप्ती राहते—तीच सुखाचा उदय घडवते. जसा सर्व प्रकारच्या रसांनी तृप्त झालेला मनुष्य कोणत्याही एका रसाचा शोध घेत नाही, तसा ज्ञानानंदाने परितृप्त ज्ञानी दुसरीकडे तृप्ती शोधत नाही आणि अक्षय सुखात स्थित राहतो.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्य: of one satisfied with (spiritual) knowledge
• प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञानतृप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्य-तृप्तिः: constant contentment
• नित्य-तृप्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्यतृप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुख-उदया: bringing forth happiness; source of happiness
• सुख-उदया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखोदय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

चुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चुलाधार (Chūlādhāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True and lasting happiness arises from fulfillment in wisdom (prajñāna). When one is inwardly satisfied by knowledge, craving for external pleasures fades, and a steady, inexhaustible contentment remains.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Chūlādhāra is explaining an ethical-spiritual principle: the person established in wisdom becomes naturally content, like someone already satiated by all tastes, and therefore no longer seeks validation or pleasure from particular sense-objects.