Shloka 35
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
Devanagari script
मन: सत्त्वगुणं प्राहु: सत्त्वमव्यक्तजं तथा । सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्थं तस्माद् बुद्धोत बुद्धिमान्
Transliteration
manaḥ sattvaguṇaṃ prāhuḥ sattvam avyaktajaṃ tathā | sarvabhūtātma-bhūtasthaṃ tasmād buddho buddhi-mān (jānīyāt) ||
Translation
ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်တော်မူသည်။ စိတ် (manas) ကို သတ္တဝ (sattva) ဂုဏ်ဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်းထားသည်ဟု ဆိုကြပြီး၊ သတ္တဝသည်လည်း မဖော်ပြနိုင်သော အဗျက္တ (Prakṛti) မှ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာသည်ဟု ဆိုကြသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် နိုးကြား၍ ခွဲခြားသိမြင်နိုင်သော ပညာရှိသည် သတ္တဝါအားလုံး၏ အတ္တဖြစ်သော အမြင့်မြတ်သခင်ကို သတ္တဝါအပေါင်းတို့အတွင်း တည်ရှိနေသည်ဟု သိမြင်ရမည်။
Word by Word
{'manaḥ''mind', 'sattva-guṇam': 'of the sattva quality
{'manaḥ':
characterized by clarity and luminosity', 'prāhuḥ''they say
characterized by clarity and luminosity', 'prāhuḥ':
they declare', 'sattvam''sattva
they declare', 'sattvam':
the principle/quality of purity and balance', 'avyakta-jam''born from the Unmanifest
the principle/quality of purity and balance', 'avyakta-jam':
arising from avyakta (Prakṛti)', 'tathā''likewise
arising from avyakta (Prakṛti)', 'tathā':
in the same way', 'sarva-bhūta-ātma''the Self of all beings
in the same way', 'sarva-bhūta-ātma':
indwelling Self common to all', 'bhūta-stham''situated in beings
indwelling Self common to all', 'bhūta-stham':
abiding in creatures', 'tasmāt''therefore
abiding in creatures', 'tasmāt':
for that reason', 'buddhaḥ''awakened
for that reason', 'buddhaḥ':
enlightened (one who has understood)', 'buddhi-mān''discerning
enlightened (one who has understood)', 'buddhi-mān':
endowed with understanding', 'jānīyāt (implied)''should know
endowed with understanding', 'jānīyāt (implied)':
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaP
Parameshvara (Supreme Lord)A
Avyakta (the Unmanifest Prakriti)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context