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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 ||

Arjuna berkata: “Keteguhan yang berterusan dalam pengetahuan rohani, dan penglihatan yang mengenali Hakikat Tertinggi sebagai makna serta tujuan pengetahuan sejati—itulah yang dinyatakan sebagai ‘pengetahuan’. Apa sahaja yang bertentangan dengannya disebut ‘kejahilan’.”

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.