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Vyasa

Shloka 10

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

श्वेता: पुमांसो गतसर्वपापा- श्क्षुमुष: पापकृतां नराणाम्‌ | वज्रास्थिकाया: सममानोन्माना दिव्यावयवरूपा: शुभसारोपेता:

Transliteration

śvetāḥ pumāṁso gatasarvapāpāś cakṣu-muṣaḥ pāpakṛtāṁ narāṇām | vajrāsthi-kāyāḥ samamānonmānā divyāvayava-rūpāḥ śubha-sāropetāḥ ||

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Di pulau itu tinggal lelaki-lelaki berwarna putih, bersih sepenuhnya daripada segala dosa. Bagi manusia berdosa, memandang mereka sahaja sudah cukup membuat mata silau. Tubuh mereka, bahkan tulang-belulangnya, keras laksana vajra; mereka memandang kehormatan dan kehinaan sebagai sama. Anggota mereka bersifat ilahi, dan mereka dikurniai kekuatan yang membawa berkat (lahir daripada kesempurnaan yoga).”

Word by Word

श्वेताःwhite (in complexion)

पुमांसःmen

गतgone; removed; free from

सर्वall

पापाःsins

क्षुमुषःeyes (as used here: their eyes/eye-sight; reading uncertain)

पापकृताम्of sinners; of evil-doers

नराणाम्of men

वज्रwith/like a thunderbolt (adamant)

अस्थिbones

कायाःbodies

समequal

मानhonour

अवमानdishonour

आनमानाःconsidering; regarding (reading uncertain; likely 'सममानावमानाः')

दिव्यdivine

अवयवlimbs

रूपाःhaving form/beauty

शुभwith auspicious (power/essence)

सारstrength; essence

उपेताःendowed with; possessed of

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

an island (dvīpa)

sinful humans (pāpakṛt narāḥ)

vajra (thunderbolt/adamant)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral purity and yogic discipline culminate in steadiness of mind: the truly perfected are described as free from sin and unmoved by honor or dishonor, suggesting that ethical conduct and inner equanimity are marks of spiritual attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing extraordinary inhabitants of a certain island: radiant, sinless men whose very appearance overwhelms the sinful, possessing adamantine bodies and divine limbs, and characterized by equal regard for praise and blame.