Shloka 7

Sanatsujāta on Vedic Learning, Truth (Satya), and the Discipline of Dama–Tyāga–Apramāda

Devanagari script

अस्मिल्लोके वै जयन्तीह कामान्‌ ब्राह्मीं स्थितिं हानुतितिक्षमाणा: । त आत्मान निर्हरन्तीह देहा- न्मुज्जादिषीकामिव सत्त्वसंस्था:,इस जगतमें जो लोग वर्तमान स्थितिमें रहते हुए ही सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंको जीत लेते हैं और ब्राह्मी स्थिति प्राप्त करनेके लिये ही नाना प्रकारके द्वन्ोंको सहन करते हैं, वे सत्त्वगुणमें स्थित हो यहाँ ही मूँजसे सींककी भाँति इस देहसे आत्माको (विवेकद्वारा) पृथक्‌ कर लेते हैं

Transliteration

asmilloke vai jayant2bha k01m01n br01hm2b sthiti h01nutitikam01 | te 01tm01na nirharant2bha deh01n muf1j01di2bk01m iva sattvasa ||

Translation

Dalam dunia ini juga, mereka yang menaklukkan keinginan ketika tetap berada dalam kedudukan masing-masing, dan menanggung pelbagai pasangan pertentangan demi mencapai keadaan Brahmik, menjadi teguh dalam sattva; dan di sini juga mereka menarik keluar Diri daripada tubuh—seperti menarik serat halus daripada batang rumput muñja—dengan daya pembedaan.

Word by Word

अस्मिन्in this

लोकेworld

वैindeed

जयन्तिthey conquer

इहhere

कामान्desires

ब्राह्मीम्brahmic (pertaining to Brahman)

स्थितिम्state, condition

हिindeed/for

अनुतितिक्षमाणाःenduring, patiently bearing

तेthey

आत्मानम्the self

निर्हरन्तिthey draw out, separate out

इहhere (in this very life)

देहान्from the bodies

मुञ्जात्from munja-grass

इषीकाम्the reed/fiber (inner stalk)

इवlike, as

सत्त्वसंस्थाःestablished in sattva (purity)

Speaker

सनत्सुजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanatsuj01ta

00tman (Self)

Deha (body)

Muf1ja grass (muf1ja)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation-oriented discipline can be practiced while living in the world: conquer desire, endure the dualities without being shaken, cultivate sattva, and through discriminative insight separate the Self from identification with the bodyas cleanly as extracting a fiber from muf1ja grass.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanatsuj01ta instructs (in the Sanatsuj01t2bya discourse) that true spiritual attainment is not postponed to another realm: those who remain steady amid worldly conditions and hardships, aiming at br01hm2b sthiti, can realize the Self here and now by inner discernment.