Shloka 7

आत्मदर्शन-उपदेशः (Ātma-darśana Upadeśa) — Mind, Senses, and the All-pervading Self

Devanagari script

अधीत्य वेदानखिलान्‌ साड्रोपनिषदस्तथा । अन्विच्छन्नैष्ठिकं कर्म धर्मनैपुणदर्शनात्‌

Transliteration

adhītya vedān akhilān sāṅgopaniṣadas tathā | anvicchann aiṣṭhikaṃ karma dharma-naipuṇa-darśanāt ||

Translation

ဘိဿမက ဆိုသည်—ဝေဒအားလုံးကို အပြည့်အစုံ လေ့လာပြီး၊ အင်္ဂဗေဒများနှင့် ဥပနိသဒ်တို့ကိုပါ ထည့်သွင်းသင်ယူကာ၊ ဗျာသ၏သား ရှုကသည် နိဋ္ဌိကကမ္မ—တည်ကြည်ခိုင်မာသော အဆုံးသတ်သဘောရှိသည့် စည်းကမ်းကျင့်ဝတ်—ကို သိလိုသဖြင့် မိမိအဖ ကృష్ణဒွೈပာယန ဗျာသထံသို့ ချဉ်းကပ်하였다။ အဖ၏ ဓမ္မကို ခွဲခြားမြင်နိုင်သည့် ကျွမ်းကျင်မှုကို မြင်၍ မိမိစိတ်ထဲရှိ သံသယကို ဖြေရှင်းရန် မေးမြန်းကာ၊ အဖ၏ သင်ကြားမှုကြောင့် ဓမ္မနှင့် အರ್ಥအပေါ်ရှိ မိမိ၏ မရှင်းလင်းမှုများ ပျောက်ကွယ်မည်ဟု ယုံကြည်하였다။

Word by Word

• अधीत्य: having studied
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (अधी)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• वेदान्: the Vedas
• वेदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अखिलान्: all, entire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• स: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• आड्रोपनिषदः: the Upanishads (as read/recited along with the Vedas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आड्रोपनिषद्
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अन्विच्छन्: seeking, desiring
• अन्विच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नैष्ठिकम्: pertaining to steadfast/ultimate (discipline)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नैष्ठिक
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्म: practice; duty; action
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• धर्म: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• नैपुण: of skill; proficiency
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैपुण
• Form: नपुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from seeing/observing
• दर्शनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: नपुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Shuka (Shukadeva)
• Krishna-Dvaipayana Vyasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even after mastering scripture, one should seek clarity through disciplined inquiry from a competent teacher. True understanding of dharma (and its relation to artha) is refined by approaching an expert who can discern subtle ethical distinctions, not merely by accumulating textual learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma introduces a frame-story: Shuka, having completed comprehensive Vedic and Upanishadic study, approaches his father Vyasa. Motivated by a desire to know the firm, decisive path of conduct (naiṣṭhika karma), he asks questions to remove his inner doubts, confident that Vyasa’s instruction will settle them.